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"Wind Rising in the Alleys" by Lola Ridge

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July 11, 2021 

Wind Rising in the Alleys
Lola Ridge 

Wind rising in the alleys
My spirit lifts in you like a banner
  Streaming free of hot walls.
You are full of unspent 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 in the alleys
Carrying stuff of flame.

This poem is in the public domain. Published in Poem-a-Day on July 11, 2021, by the Academy of American Poets.

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“Wind Rising in the Alleys” appeared in Sun-Up and Other Poems (B.W. Huebsch, inc., 1920). 
Lola Ridge
Lola Ridge was born in Dublin on December 12, 1873. Her books include Sun-Up and Other Poems (B.W. Huebsch, inc., 1920) and Red Flag (Viking Press, 1927). She was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1935 and the Shelley Memorial Award in 1936. She died on May 19, 1941.



 
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