Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON EXPLORATION, by JAMES GALVIN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A hawk drops to the treetop Subject(s): Explorers; Poetry & Poets; Universe; Exploring; Discovery; Discoverers | ||||||||
A hawk drops to the treetop Like a falling cross. The haybarn is ticking. The Universe has everything. That's what I like about it. A single chubby cloud Beelines downwind Trying to catch up with the others. Yellow leaves plane across the water, Drifting the inlet. The pond is a droozy eye. Details tend to equal each other, Making decisions harder. Is polio an endangered species? The Universe is mostly empty, That's important; A fractal palindrome of concentric Emptinesses. Is there life out there? Are there lawns? Columbus is famous for discovering a place Where there were already people Killing each other. Nothing missing. Nothing new. Let's pick wildflowers. Let's take a meteor shower. Let's live forever and let's die, too. 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...SHACKLETON by MADELINE DEFREES AMERICA IS HARD TO SEE by ROBERT FROST CONCERNING THE RIGHT TO LIFE by JORIE GRAHAM THE HEAD ON THE TABLE by JOHN HAINES PSALM OF THE WEST: SONNET ON COLUMBUS: 1 by SIDNEY LANIER PSALM OF THE WEST: SONNET ON COLUMBUS: 2 by SIDNEY LANIER PSALM OF THE WEST: SONNET ON COLUMBUS: 3 by SIDNEY LANIER PSALM OF THE WEST: SONNET ON COLUMBUS: 4 by SIDNEY LANIER A DISCRETE LOVE POEM by JAMES GALVIN |
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