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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CORNPICKER POEM, by ROBERT BLY Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sheds left out in the darkness Last Line: Is waiting, its its empty gas cans around it Subject(s): Farm Life; Agriculture; Farmers | |||
Sheds left out in the darkness. Abandoned granaries, cats merging into the night. There are hubcaps cooling in the dark yard. The stiff-haired son has slouched in And gone to bed. A low wind sweeps over the moony land. Overshoes stiffen in the entry. The calendar grows rigid on the wall. He dreams, and his body grows limber. He is fighting a many-armed woman; He is a struggler, he will not yield. He fights her in the crotch of a willow tree. He wakes up with jaws set. And a victory. Ill It is dawn. Cornpicking today. He leans over, hurtling His old Pontiac down the road. Somewhere the sullen chilled machine Is waiting, its empty gas cans around it. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...KICKING THE LEAVES by DONALD HALL THE FARMER'S BOY: WINTER by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD THE FARMER'S BOY: SPRING by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD THE FARMER'S BOY: SUMMER by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD THE FARMER'S BOY: AUTUMN by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD THE PRODIGAL SON by ROBERT BLY |
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