Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THOUGH NOT ADMONISHED OF YOUR INTENTIONS IN WORK, by JANE MILLER


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THOUGH NOT ADMONISHED OF YOUR INTENTIONS IN WORK, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Soft thumps in the earth as you approach
Last Line: No longer visit my love
Subject(s): Fire; History; Historians


Soft thumps in the earth as you approach
you need comfort and food now your body
saved for the time being
trenches are dug under the wooden walls of the fort
that one may pass in and out
fiery arrows dart from the cliff across the river
men familiarly torch roofs
no sooner do you beat the fires with wet skins
then the fire rains down again
the cattle drink the rain
children's hair beaded with tears
a whippoorwill calls
a fish hawk lodges in the top of a pine
the dead live in the wild

hitherto I was prevented from observing
structures burn to the ground
these were events of a time
I went without you and came back without you
by and by the tempest spent itself
I allow that I'm not myself today
I slip my arm through yours
though no one ought to open up that country
first the settlements and claims
then the same land sold over and over
it's at this point in our history
we cannot go ahead if we value life
that turns into tribute
no longer visit my love





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