A nerve pivots and that space seeks a scratch in the glue, point outside page "Where's the earth you send spinning?" I shall carry you on my shoulders, complete cremation surrounded by posts: suicides are more secretive than angels and from the darkless side the stitched nape will begin the beginning I shall carry you on my shoulders, in tatters, to read, beyond the wall, beyond those "The body was frost-bitten, purple, devoid of essence." Used by permission of Story Line Press. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A HYMN TO GOD THE FATHER by JOHN DONNE OBERON'S FEAST by ROBERT HERRICK A FAREWELL TO TOBACCO by CHARLES LAMB THE REVENGE OF HAMISH by SIDNEY LANIER THE SECRET OF THE SEA by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW CHARACTERS: SARAH RIGBY by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD STANZAS TO HELEN M-- M-- by BERNARD BARTON AN EPITAPH ON MRS. EL: Y by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 3. AFTER CIVILISATION by EDWARD CARPENTER |