Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CONTRA MORTEM: THE MOON, by HAYDEN CARRUTH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Reflected light reflected again on snow Last Line: Or only a star in the in tre unhorizoned sky Subject(s): Moon | ||||||||
Reflected light reflected again on snow but beauty is lonely lonely The snowsurface is hard gleaming vitrescent blue without crest or crevice extending beyond anywhere for long ago the horizon crumbled in an indeterminate glow and the night has stillness Light that is fragile paleolithic white from this fossilshell embedded in a sky of shale conveys a snowgleaming track for the solitary on and on a trail of his sole desperation climbing the world of pure beauty Remote and high a real light shimmers an upland farmstead shining or only a star in the unhorizoned sky. Used with the permission of Copper Canyon Press, P.O. Box 271, Port Townsend, WA 98368-0271, www.cc.press.org | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...POEM TO TAKE BACK THE NIGHT by JUNE JORDAN THE MOON AND THE SPECTATOR by LEONIE ADAMS FULL MOON by KARLE WILSON BAKER NO MORE OF THE MOON by MORRIS GILBERT BISHOP THE DEPARTURE by DENISE LEVERTOV THE MOON IN GREECE by TIMOTHY LIU I'VE NEVER SEEN SUCH A REAL HARD TIME BEFORE' by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE WORLD AS WILL AND REPRESENTATION' by HAYDEN CARRUTH A POST-IMPRESSIONIST SUSURRATION FOR THE FIRST OF NOVEMBER by HAYDEN CARRUTH |
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