Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SURFACES AND MASKS; 3, by CLARENCE MAJOR Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: She takes him into “the rape of europa” Last Line: The only play picasso ever wrote Subject(s): Venice, Italy; Music & Musicians; Writing & Writers; Togetherness; Italians | ||||||||
The old woman comes along our fondamenta, Tolentini, every morning around nine, dropping sardines along the way with the cats trailing her, eating the fish. Lucky, these cats. Those in the Campo San Vitale suffer especially when the construction workers are not working on Ponte dell' Accademia. And when it's finished? It is winter, already. 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...1851: A MESSAGE TO DENMARK HILL by RICHARD HOWARD TONIGHT THE HEART-SHAPED LEAVES by JAN HELLER LEVI JEWISH GRAVEYARDS, ITALY by PHILIP LEVINE SAILING HOME FROM RAPALLO by ROBERT LOWELL SUNLIGHT AND SHADOW by LISEL MUELLER HOW DUKE VALENTINE CONTRIVED by BASIL BUNTING FRAGMENTS FROM ITALY: 1 by JOHN CIARDI READ THE SIGNS by CLARENCE MAJOR |
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