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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A SEQUENCE OF WOMEN: 2, by JAMES HARRISON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: She sits on the bed
Last Line: Unlike any other.
Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim
Subject(s): Desire; Love - Erotic; Self-doubt; Sex
First Line: She sits on the bed
Last Line: Unlike any other.
Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim
Subject(s): Desire; Love - Erotic; Self-doubt; Sex
She sits on the bed,
breasts slack,
watching a curl of dust
float through a ray of sun,
drift down to a corner.
So brief this meeting
with a strange child --
Do I want to be remembered?
Only as a mare might know
the body of her rider,
the pressure of legs
unlike any other.
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