Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TIME OPTICS, by JAMES GALVIN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Where the ditch vaults the river Last Line: I'll be alright gone Subject(s): Rivers; Time | ||||||||
Where the ditch vaults the river, Where the wooden flume weeps over, Paying the way, Where its veil makes a thin distance And has no critics but wind-in-willowshade, My love and I lay down In seventeen kinds of native grasses. We took our time. Some wasps were building A Japanese lantern in the branches, The flume kept weeping into the river. Chilly ditchwater. Don't worry, little wasps, wooden flume, I'll be all right gone. 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...ELEVEN EYES: FINAL SECTION by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: COME OCTOBER by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: HOME by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN SLOWLY: I FREQUENTLY SLOWLY WISH by LYN HEJINIAN ALL THE DIFFICULT HOURS AND MINUTES by JANE HIRSHFIELD A DAY IS VAST by JANE HIRSHFIELD FROM THIS HEIGHT by TONY HOAGLAND A DISCRETE LOVE POEM by JAMES GALVIN |
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