Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IMMRAMA, by PAUL MULDOON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I, too, have trailed my father's spirit Subject(s): Fathers | ||||||||
I, too, have trailed my father's spirit From the mud-walled cabin behind the mountain Where he was born and bred, TB and scarletina, The farm where he was first hired out, To Wigan, to Crewe junction, A building-site from which he disappeared And took passage, almost, for Argentina. The mountain is coming down with hazel, The building-site a slum, While he has gone no further than Brazil. That's him on the verandah, drinking rum With a man who might be a Nazi, His children asleep under their mosquito-nets. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PLAYING DEAD by ANDREW HUDGINS PRAYER BEFORE BED by ANDREW HUDGINS THE FUNERAL SERMON by ANDREW HUDGINS ELEGY FOR MY FATHER, WHO IS NOT DEAD by ANDREW HUDGINS EUROPE AND AMERICA by DAVID IGNATOW EUROPE AND AMERICA by DAVID IGNATOW ESTATE SALE by WAYNE KOESTENBAUM |
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