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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CONTRA MORTEM: THE BEING AS MEMORY, by HAYDEN CARRUTH Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A carpet raveling on the loom a girl Last Line: And died a carpet raveling on the loom Subject(s): Memory | |||
A carpet raveling on the loom a girl with a widowspeak and misty legs a moon like a fisheye rising from a pool a black longwinging loon bursting afire in the sunset a torn sail groveling in a wave a whisper in a stairwell a helmet upturned in the black rain and later a star reflected like a coin glimmering on seastones a sound of motors and machineguns in the dawn a kiss and candleflame a sonata for clarinet a bone cracking a woman wearing a blue veil and in kashan in a room where the little darkeyed weaving girls lay down and died a carpet raveling on a loom. 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...MEMORY AS A HEARING AID by TONY HOAGLAND THE SAME QUESTION by JOHN HOLLANDER FORGET HOW TO REMEMBER HOW TO FORGET by JOHN HOLLANDER ON THAT SIDE by LAWRENCE JOSEPH MEMORY OF A PORCH by DONALD JUSTICE BEYOND THE HUNTING WOODS by DONALD JUSTICE 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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