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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
JOHN SEVERIN WALGREN, 1874-1962, by JAMES HARRISON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Trees die of thirst or cold
Last Line: She moves us to terror.
Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim
Subject(s): Aging; Death; Epitaphs; Loss; Nature; Dead, The
First Line: Trees die of thirst or cold
Last Line: She moves us to terror.
Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim
Subject(s): Aging; Death; Epitaphs; Loss; Nature; Dead, The
Trees die of thirst or cold
or when the limit's reached;
in the hole in the elm
the wood is soft and punky -
it smells of the water of a vase
after the flowers are dumped.
You were so old we could not weep;
only the blood of the young,
those torn off earth in a night's sickness,
the daughter lying beside you
who became nothing so long ago -
she moves us to terror.
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