Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHART, by JOSEPH AUSLANDER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Not you whose throat no more Last Line: To water and stone. Subject(s): Sea; Ocean | ||||||||
Not you whose throat no more May cool as water cools These hands that would implore, These fingers that were fools -- But the sea's polished shock, Sea roar on rock. Eyes dart and moods conflict, And other throats are white Sweet wine: no interdict Seals long the roving sight -- But a wave's towering intake Before the break. The censers overturned, The smoke spilled in the sand, The hand that groped -- and burned Touching your hand -- Not that! . . . . But the small noise known To water and stone. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HALL OF OCEAN LIFE by JOHN HOLLANDER JULY FOURTH BY THE OCEAN by ROBINSON JEFFERS BOATS IN A FOG by ROBINSON JEFFERS CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE FIGUREHEAD by LEONIE ADAMS |
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