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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ETUDE, by TED KOOSER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I have been watching a great blue heron Last Line: He would spear the whole world if he could, / toss it and swallow it live Subject(s): Herons | |||
I have been watching a Great Blue Heron fish in the cattails, easing ahead with the stealth of a lover composing a letter, the hungry words looping and blue as they coil and uncoil, as they kiss and sting. Let's say that he holds down an everyday job in an office. His blue suit blends in. Long days swim beneath the glass top of his desk, each one alike. On the lip of each morning a bubble trembles. No one has seen him there, writing a letter to a woman he loves. His pencil is poised in the air like the beak of a bird. He would spear the whole world if he could, toss it and swallow it live. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HERONS IN WINTER IN THE FROZEN MARSH by MARY OLIVER POEM OF THE ONE WORLD by MARY OLIVER THE GREAT BLUE HERON by CAROLYN KIZER |
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