Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FOR OUR BETTER GRACES, by JAMES GALVIN Recitation by Author Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: God loves / the rain, not us Last Line: "her fragrance Subject(s): God; Love; Pine Trees; Rain; Trees | ||||||||
God loves the rain, not us. Ours is what spills over, what we look for that finds us: innocence by association. Cloud shadows feel their way, rapid and blind, over the face of the prairie. Pine trees atop the ridge row the world into the dampblack sky. God's mistress rides by on a feather of water. After she is gone her fragrance is everywhere. 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...THE PROBLEM OF DESCRIBING TREES by ROBERT HASS THE GREEN CHRIST by ANDREW HUDGINS MIDNIGHT EDEN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN REFLECTION OF THE WOOD by LEONIE ADAMS THE LIFE OF TREES by DORIANNE LAUX A DISCRETE LOVE POEM by JAMES GALVIN |
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