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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
READ THE SIGNS, by CLARENCE MAJOR Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I don't want to speak of your sky Last Line: These roads we use are actually dried-out rivers / that lead us into each other's lives | |||
I don't want to speak of your sky and my sea and their land and our people -- or of the cars the roads the houses. The sky is a long list of verbs. The sea is its table of contents. The landscape is something people move across. Out of their cars, people themselves are like bushes near water. They drink it through their roots. The background tension you feel comes on because talking begins from fear. These roads we use are actually dried-out rivers that lead us into each other's lives. Used with the permission of Copper Canyon Press, P.O. Box 271, Port Townsend, WA 98368-0271, www.cc.press.org | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...REVELATION AT CAP FERRAT by CLARENCE MAJOR SAND FLESH AND SKY by CLARENCE MAJOR A GUY I KNOW ON 47TH AND COTTAGE by CLARENCE MAJOR AGING TOGETHER by CLARENCE MAJOR AT THE ZOO IN SPAIN by CLARENCE MAJOR ATELIER CEZANNE by CLARENCE MAJOR BALLROOM DARK by CLARENCE MAJOR CLAY BISON IN A CAVE by CLARENCE MAJOR DISMAL MOMENT PASSING by CLARENCE MAJOR EIGHTEEN-DOLLAR TAXI TRIP TO TIZAPAN AND BACK TO CHAPALA by CLARENCE MAJOR |
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