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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HITCHHIKING, by JAMES HARRISON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Awake: / the white hand of
Last Line: By a miraculous hatred.
Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim
Subject(s): Fire; Hitchhikers; Tragedy
First Line: Awake: / the white hand of
Last Line: By a miraculous hatred.
Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim
Subject(s): Fire; Hitchhikers; Tragedy
Awake:
the white hand of
my benefactor
drums on the seat
between us.
The world had become orange
in the rearview mirror
of a '55 Pontiac.
The road was covered with bugs
and mist coiled around
great house-sized rocks
and in the distance buried them.
Village. Passed three limp
gas stations then one
whose windows exploded with fire.
My mouth was filled with plastic cups.
Final item:
breakfast, nurtured
by a miraculous hatred.
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