Sept. 20, 2026

"Thought" by Alice Dunbar-Nelson

"Thought" by Alice Dunbar-Nelson
"Thought" by Alice Dunbar-Nelson
The Concise Verse
"Thought" by Alice Dunbar-Nelson

A swift, successive chain of things,
That flash, kaleidoscope-like, now in, now out,
Now straight, now eddying in wild rings,
No order, neither law, compels their moves,
But endless, constant, always swiftly roves.

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"Thought" by Alice Dunbar-Nelson.

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A swift, successive chain of things, That flash, kaleidoscope-like,

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now in, now out, Now straight, now eddying in wild rings,

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No order, neither law, compels their moves, But endless, constant, always swiftly roves.

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"Thought" by Alice Dunbar-Nelson.

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