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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CONTRA MORTEM: THE BEING AS VISION, by HAYDEN CARRUTH Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The mindseye is flitting like a moth among summer firs Last Line: Burns burns for a dazzling instant and then turns blank Subject(s): Time | |||
The mindseye is flitting like a moth among summer firs the palewhite slowfast moth that threads the burning pillars of the hidden sun and fares tricklingly over the ferny firesplashes of the forest bed among whorls of misty gold rising in aureoles under the branches There the veeries whistle the variations of a curious doubling echoing note and the ovenbirds shriek surprising hallelujahs in unseen transepts There the filigree ferns the moccasin flowers the great trees and the palewhite moth are a lucency in the semidusk of causeless light until through a gap the source burns burns for a dazzling instant and then turns blank. 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...ELEVEN EYES: FINAL SECTION by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: COME OCTOBER by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: HOME by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN SLOWLY: I FREQUENTLY SLOWLY WISH by LYN HEJINIAN ALL THE DIFFICULT HOURS AND MINUTES by JANE HIRSHFIELD |
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