Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GHAZALS: 59, by JAMES HARRISON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: On the fourteenth sunday after pentecost I rose early Last Line: Poetry on a workbench and mom glazes the steamed froth for lunch. Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim Subject(s): Imagination; Fancy | ||||||||
On the fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost I rose early and went fishing where I saw an osprey eat a bass in a tree. We are not all guilty for anything. Let all stupefied Calvinists take pleasure in sweet dirty pictures and gin. As an active farmer I'm concerned. Apollinaire fertilizer won't feed the pigs or chickens. Year of my seventh failure. When we awoke the music was faint and a golden light came through the window, one fly buzzed, she whispered another's name. Let me announce I'm not against homosexuality. Now that the air is clear on this issue you can talk freely Donny Darkeyes. A home with a heated garage where dad can tinker with his poetry on a workbench and mom glazes the steamed froth for lunch. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE IMAGINED COPPERHEAD by ANDREW HUDGINS A SICK CHILD by RANDALL JARRELL IMAGINARY TROUBLE by JOHN KENDRICK BANGS EVERYTHING THAT ACTS IS ACTUAL by DENISE LEVERTOV ON THE MEETING OF GARCIA LORCA AND HART CRANE by PHILIP LEVINE THE IDEA OF BALANCE IS TO BE FOUND IN HERONS AND LOONS by JAMES HARRISON |
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