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Sadness Weeps

Text of Poem

In my day hate clouds skies
that promise fair, and knives
hidden in words slash at the claims
of the meek to inherit the earth.
I sit in a comfortable house that
walls out cries of pain and hunger
along a street of lawns as tame as
well-bred faces. If rain falls
like tears it is because sadness
weeps in words praising our roses
and their fragrance while the wheat I grew
for my neighbors’ bread
sours in the bin.

First Line
In my day hate clouds skies
Original Pub Location
Original Publication Date
1968
Original Citation
America (5 Oct. 1968) 294.
Complete Poems
201
Word Count
80
Poetic Form
open
Themes
Twitter Quote
If rain falls / like tears it is because sadness / weeps in words praising our roses