Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON BEING ASKED TO WRITE A POEM AGAINST THE WAR IN VIETNAM, by HAYDEN CARRUTH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Well I have and in fact Last Line: To make sure I was noticing Variant Title(s): A Poem Of Difficult Hope Subject(s): Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 | ||||||||
Well I have and in fact more than one and I'll tell you this too I wrote one against Algeria that nightmare and another against Korea and another against the one I was in and I don't remember how many against the three when I was a boy Abyssinia Spain and Harlan County and not one breath was restored to one shattered throat mans womans or childs not one not one but death went on and on never looking aside except now and then like a child with a furtive half-smile to make sure I was noticing. 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...A SECOND-HAND ELEGY; FOR DOUGLAS DICKEY, PFC., USMC by MICHAEL ANANIA AT A MARCH AGAINST THE VIETNAM WAR (LATER VERSION) by ROBERT BLY HOMELESS COMPLEYNT by ALLEN GINSBERG IN THAI BINH (PEACE) PROVINCE by DENISE LEVERTOV WEEPING WOMAN by DENISE LEVERTOV WAITER IN A CALIFORNIA VIETNAMESE RESTURANT by CLARENCE MAJOR BREAKING OPEN by MURIEL RUKEYSER 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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