Classic and Contemporary Poetry
STRAVINSKY, by ROBERT PATRICK DANA First Line: A man flips away his cigarette Alternate Author Name(s): Dana, Robert Subject(s): Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971) | ||||||||
1 A man flips away his cigarette. A woman snaps shut her purse. A chauffeur, black-gloved, turns the key in the ignition. 2 Thus begetting understanding, but beclouding his own music -- hosannas and drums; brass in a last miraculous scram. 3 And Spring rolls in as usual -- scut, a grey fuming, roiling and skirling over the brown hills, bare-branched woods. Copyright © Robert Dana. http://www.unl.edu/schooner/psmain.htm Prairie Schooner is a literary quarterly published since 1927 which publishes original stories, poetry, essays, and reviews. Regularly cited in the prize journals, the magazine is considered one of the most prestigious of the campus-based literary journals. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MOUNTAIN IMPASSE by JOHN UPDIKE KEY OF C DOES NOT KNOW MY BIOGRAPHY (STRAVINSKY, 1937-1942) by JOHN MATTHIAS IGOR STRAVINSKY; AN HOMAGE by CHARLES OLSON STRAVINSKY; AN HOMAGE by CHARLES OLSON STRAVINSKY'S BIOGRAPHER by SANDRA STONE MOUNTAIN IMPASSE by JOHN UPDIKE THE COLOR SERGEANT by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON ON A CERTAIN CRITIC by AMY LOWELL ON FINDING A FAN by GEORGE GORDON BYRON PARTED by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR |
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