Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CONTRA MORTEM: THE COMING OF SNOW, by HAYDEN CARRUTH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Along the denuded aisles a shadow walks Last Line: The rubble graces brightening in the snow Subject(s): Snow | ||||||||
Along the denuded aisles a shadow walks casting no body bending no branch nor cracking one dry twig It sighs and talks or maybe only the bracken is mumbling in the wind nothing or no one takes the time to care The snow comes a few flakes unobserved then thicker softening the raw air almost as in the spring apple petals falling diffuse the sun but cold and with a tang of reality And though at first they seem to run him through and vanish on his tongue slowly he takes an outline and footprints show the passage he has truly made among the rubble graces brightening in the snow. 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...BRIGHT SUN AFTER HEAVY SNOW by JANE KENYON SNOW FALLING THROUGH FOG by WILLIAM MATTHEWS THE SNOW FAIRY by CLAUDE MCKAY NOT ONLY ESKIMOS by LISEL MUELLER 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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