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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET: 6, by HAYDEN CARRUTH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Dearest, I never knew such loving. There
Last Line: But still augmented, more than we've ever been
Subject(s): Aliens; Extraterrestrials
First Line: Dearest, I never knew such loving. There
Last Line: But still augmented, more than we've ever been
Subject(s): Aliens; Extraterrestrials
Dearest, I never knew such loving. There
in that glass tower in the alien city, alone,
we found what somewhere I had always known
exists and must exist, this fervent care,
this lust of tenderness. Two were aware
how in hot seizure, bone pressed to bone
and liquid flesh to flesh, each separate moan
was pleasure, yes, but most in the other's share.
Companions and discoverers, equal and free,
so deep in love we adventured and so far
that we became perhaps more than we are,
and now being home is hardship. Therefore are we
diminished? No. We are of the world again
but still augmented, more than we've ever been.
Used with the permission of Copper Canyon Press, P.O. Box 271, Port Townsend, WA
98368-0271, www.cc.press.org
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