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Across the Red Sky
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| Poems ~ 'Across the Red Sky' written by Katherine Mansfield |
| 1923. |
Across the red sky two birds flying,
Flying with drooping wings.
Silent and solitary their ominous flight.
All day the triumphant sun with yellow banners
Warred and warred with the earth, and when she yielded
Stabbed her heart, gathered her blood in a chalice,
Spilling it over the evening sky.
When the dark plumaged birds go flying, flying,
Quiet lies the earth wrapt in her mournful shadow,
Her sightless eyes turned to the red sky
And the restlessly seeking birds.
| This work is in the public domain in countries where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or less. |
