Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IT JUST SO HAPPENS, by JAMES GALVIN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You fingered the white top Last Line: That knocks the wind out of the ground Subject(s): Anxiety; Conversation; Grief; Solitude; Sorrow; Sadness; Loneliness | ||||||||
You fingered the white top Button of your white blouse. I just tried to act natural. A tree fell in the forest Nearby without making a sound. Like most of what we said It made the silence deeper. Our laughter made us sadder. You said the only cure For anxiety was fear. Now solitude undoes loneliness Like a ribbon from your hair, And the sound at last arrives That knocks the wind out of the ground. 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...IN ABEYANCE by DENISE LEVERTOV IN A VACANT HOUSE by PHILIP LEVINE SUNDAY ALONE IN A FIFTH FLOOR APARTMENT, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS by WILLIAM MATTHEWS SILENCE LIKE COOL SAND by PAT MORA THE HONEY BEAR by EILEEN MYLES A DISCRETE LOVE POEM by JAMES GALVIN |
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