Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DUSK FROM A TRAIN WINDOW, by CALE YOUNG RICE


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DUSK FROM A TRAIN WINDOW, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: There is a moment between day and night
Last Line: When magic lives in light.
Subject(s): Dusk


There is a moment between day and night
When magic lives in light,
When snow upon the fields lies like blue sleep,
And the purple intricate trees
Stand out enchanted in the cold silences
Like branching mysteries;
A moment when one farm-lamp's window glow
Seems as I pass upon a speeding train
To make all human loss a sudden gain,
Because the ancient sacraments of home,
The humble sacraments of food and rest,
Are taken there in the untroubled gloam
By hearts that love, the ministrant, has blest.
There is a moment between day and night
When magic lives in light.





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