When in the sun the hot red acres smoulder
Down where the sweating gang its labour plies
A girl flings down her hoe, and from her shoulder
Unslings her child tormented by flies.
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This is one of the best of the ten poems. Unlike some of the others it is not weighted down by too much ponderous imagery. It has a clarity and powerful simplicity that many of his poems lack.
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This is one of the best of the ten poems. Unlike some of the others it is not weighted down by too much ponderous imagery. It has a clarity and powerful simplicity that many of his poems lack.