Nature
Wind in the Alleys
From Modern American Poetry (1921)
Nature
Wind, rising in the alleys,
My spirit lifts in you like a banner streaming free of hot walls.
You are full of unshaped dreams ...
You are laden with beginnings ...
There is hope in you ... not sweet ... acrid as blood in the mouth.
Come into my tossing dust
Scattering the peace of old deaths,
Wind rising out of the alleys
Carrying stuff of flame.
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MLA
Ridge, Lola. “Wind in the Alleys.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ridge/2/.
Chicago
Ridge, Lola. “Wind in the Alleys.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ridge/2/.
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