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Nemerov,
Howard
. American poet; US Poet Laureate 1963–64 & 1988–90; Pulitzer Prize for Poetry 1978
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The Beautiful Lawn Sprinkler
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Written by:
Howard
Nemerov
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What gives it power makes it change its mind
At each extreme, and lean its rising rain
Down low, first one and then the other way;
In which exchange humility and pride
Reverse, forgive, arise, and die again,
Wherefore it holds at both ends of the day
The rainbow in its scattering grains of spray.
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