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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
COMING DOWN TO THE DESERT AT LORDBURG, N.M., by HAYDEN CARRUTH Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Stand there on the rock Last Line: Hand in hand Subject(s): New Mexico | |||
Stand there on the rock of the mountain top you man with a beard so soon white-shot you woman with pity as old as the wars you child with eyes as young as the stars behold this wind southwestern sprung that wrenches the desert all month long that blows out your pity and blows out your eyes and bleaches your beard like the noon moonrise behold the sand the burning cloud blown on the desert like ash like gold behold each other your tender bones strung in the wind so long from home then go down plunge to the purge of sand vanish together hand in hand 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...NEW MEXICAN MOUNTAIN by ROBINSON JEFFERS IMPRESSIONS OF THE NEW MEXICO LEGISLATURE by ARTHUR SZE A BUFFALO DANCE AT SANTO DOMINGO by WITTER BYNNER INTESTINE OF TAOS by JANE MILLER LOST WHITE BROTHER by JANE MILLER TO NEW MEXICO by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR UPON FIRST SEEING NEW MEXICO MESAS AFTER A TRIP ABROAD by GEORGE ST. CLAIR I'VE NEVER SEEN SUCH A REAL HARD TIME BEFORE' by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE WORLD AS WILL AND REPRESENTATION' by HAYDEN CARRUTH A POST-IMPRESSIONIST SUSURRATION FOR THE FIRST OF NOVEMBER by HAYDEN CARRUTH |
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