Ice Storm

"Ice Storm" is the second song of Tom Cipullo's song cycle Climbing: 7 Songs on 8 Poems by African-Americans.

Date: 2000Composer: Tom CipulloText: Robert HaydenSong Collection: Climbing: Poems by African-Americans

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Ice Storm
by Robert Hayden

Unable to sleep, or pray, I stand
by the window looking out
at moonstruck trees a December storm
has bowed with ice.

Maple and mountain ash bend
under its glassy weight,
their cracked branches falling upon
the frozen snow.

The trees themselves, as in winters past,
will survive their burdening,
broken thrive. And am I less to You,
my God, than they?

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Climbing: Poems by African-Americans

Composer(s): Tom Cipullo

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