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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SEQUENCE: 3, by JAMES HARRISON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: The dead haloed in gladiolus
Last Line: Snaps its neck, horse cowered before crop.
Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim
Subject(s): Animals; Death; Dead, The
First Line: The dead haloed in gladiolus
Last Line: Snaps its neck, horse cowered before crop.
Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim
Subject(s): Animals; Death; Dead, The
The dead haloed in gladiolus
and electric organs,
those impossible hurts, trepanations,
the left eye punctured with glass;
he'll go to Canada with his dog,
a truly loved and loving creature --
fish in the water, bear in his den.
Not fox shrinking before foxhound
snaps its neck, horse cowered before crop.
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