What do you think of this poem?

A cry like a child's cry lost in the rain

Came to me out of the mist.

I rose and answered that cry again,

But it went sobbing over the plain

And died into the mist.



And where it had been came the scent of flowers

Out of a world's distress,

With a moan of gathered thunder-showers

And a gasping loneliness.



And the gods with their faces wet with crying,

The old gods strange and wild,

Swept out upon us across the night,

And -- oh mystery, mystery infinite!

The gods and the weeping child and I

Laughed and kissed in ecstacy!

What do you think of this poem?
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Reply:yeah i love the structure of this poem- and love his work! Beautiful!
Reply:Yes...a nice poem by John Cowper Powys. He is worth reading for some of his other work..
Reply:Cringeworthy nonsensical piss.
Reply:very smartly put.
Reply:I think it is very good.



However, I feel the last two lines could be dangerous in today's society and misinterpreted by some.
Reply:Just change the word [god] to [Flying Sphagetti Moster]
Reply:I like it a lot, but perhaps it still needs some work

Try and cut out excess words IE.



A cry like a child's lost in the rain (one cry is enough)



Edit and edit again

hope this helps
Reply:yes a childs cry does distress us all.

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