History & Politics
Death After War
From Soldiers of the Light (1911)
History & Politics
Gone the Red Harvester, with heaped-up wain
Darkening against the blood-bright sky; yet lingers
The lone, gaunt Gleaner on the twilight plain,
Blind-gathering with the clutch of hungry fingers.
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Cone, Helen Gray. “Death After War.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cone/113/.
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Cone, Helen Gray. “Death After War.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cone/113/.
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