Mark Van Doren Thunder Poems
- 1. After Long Drought
After long drought, commotion in the sky;
After dead silence, thunder. Then it comes,
The rain. It slashes leaves, and doubly drums
On tin and shingle; beats and bends awry
... - 2. Morning Worship
I wake and hearing it raining.
Were I dead, what would I give
Lazily to lie here,
Like this, and live?
... - 3. Our Lady Peace
How far is it to peace, the piper sighed,
The solitary, sweating as he paused.
Asphalt the noon; the ravens, terrified,
Fled carrion thunder that percussion caused.
... - 4. Spring Thunder
Listen, The wind is still,
And far away in the night --
See! The uplands fill
With a running light.
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