Shall Gods Be Said To Thump The Clouds Poem by Dylan Thomas

Shall Gods Be Said To Thump The Clouds

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Shall gods be said to thump the clouds
When clouds are cursed by thunder,
Be said to weep when weather howls?
Shall rainbows be their tunics' colour?

When it is rain where are the gods?
Shall it be said they sprinkle water
From garden cans, or free the floods?

Shall it be said that, venuswise,
An old god's dugs are pressed and pricked,
The wet night scolds me like a nurse?

It shall be said that gods are stone.
Shall a dropped stone drum on the ground,
Flung gravel chime? Let the stones speak
With tongues that talk all tongues.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Shaun Cronick 28 April 2020

It shall be said that gods are stone. Brilliant imagination and word play. A poet at the peak of his powers and like so many, went before his time. Noson da a diolch gymaint Dylan!

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Brian Jani 26 April 2014

Awesome I like this poem, check mine out

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