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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE GIANTS OF HISTORY, by JAMES GALVIN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The little people behind the scenes are getting ugly Last Line: No good to them now, in their hour of need Subject(s): Friendship; Giants; History; Historians | |||
The little people behind the scenes are getting ugly. They are seizing their own destiny. They are plotting crimes against the big people in the scenes. They spite the holy and the hoi polloi alike. They've had enough of us. The little people behind the scenes become tourists. They want to meet other little people behind other scenes, but their only friends are the giants of history, who are no good to them now, in their hour of need. 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 BRITISH COUNTRYSIDE IN PICTURES by JAMES MCMICHAEL THE HISTORY OF MY LIFE by JOHN ASHBERY INITIAL CONDITIONS by MARVIN BELL THE DREAM SONGS: 290 by JOHN BERRYMAN THE EROTICS OF HISTORY by EAVAN BOLAND THEM AND US by LUCILLE CLIFTON A DISCRETE LOVE POEM by JAMES GALVIN |
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