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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CONTRA MORTEM: THE CHILD'S BEING, by HAYDEN CARRUTH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Extended and always uncentered which is why it scares Last Line: A being freeborn and intricate like the day Subject(s): Children; Youth; Childhood | |||
Extended and always uncentered which is why it scares everyone but him When an insistent finger stabs him with a you he only stares uncomprehendingly a stranger to the pronominal itch and then pointing anywhere to the tree the cloud the flower distant or near expostulates in manic delight me me me a spendthrift spate of consciousness And thus the child puts on his being as the dark world in its necessity puts on the dawn by turning toward it The child trembling in halflight giving himself away becomes sun's favor the choice of what is not willed a being freeborn and intricate like the day. 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...THE THREE CHILDREN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN CHILDREN SELECTING BOOKS IN A LIBRARY by RANDALL JARRELL COME TO THE STONE ... by RANDALL JARRELL THE LOST WORLD by RANDALL JARRELL A SICK CHILD by RANDALL JARRELL CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON THE DEATH OF FRIENDS IN CHILDHOOD by DONALD JUSTICE THE POET AT SEVEN 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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