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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LISTENING, by DAVID IGNATOW Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You wept in your mother's arms Last Line: To the pounding of the feet, the pulsing voices. Subject(s): Love; Dancing & Dancers; Life | |||
It's to hear the children under my window perform the ritual dance of sex to know I am asking for an end to danger and death, for the dance of shouts and gestures is toward life, which is for danger and death: a rush toward an ecstasy for destruction, and I am with them: my heart beats to the pounding of the feet, the pulsing voices. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PRIVILEGE OF BEING by ROBERT HASS SEAWATER STIFFENS CLOTH by JANE HIRSHFIELD SAYING YES TO LIVING by DAVID IGNATOW THE WORLD IS SO DIFFICULT TO GIVE UP by DAVID IGNATOW |
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