Classic and Contemporary Poetry

THE EXHAUSTED BUG; FOR MY FATHER, by ROBERT BLY            Poet's Biography
First Line: Here is a tiny., hard-shelled thing. He is the length of a child's tooth, and
Last Line: Father stretched out in his coffin.
Subject(s): Beetles; Curiosities & Wonders; Death; Fathers & Sons; Insects; Enigmas; Oddities; Dead, The; Bugs