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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CONTRA MORTEM: THE FALL, by HAYDEN CARRUTH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Still after the clapper cracked the bell Last Line: In the histories of anguish quietly told Subject(s): Autumn; Seasons; Fall | |||
Still after the clapper cracked the bell after the suffocating complicity of the riot summer's strangling tangling toil still there came quiet the colors of mediation in the fall twilight and robins chirping still and all potatoes and butternuts laid by the old bees dreaming how to die in a drunken reverie by the dripping press and asters and goldenrod murmuring darklights through the sleepiness of completed things After the blade had driven through the eye and spilled the gold something was won some recompense was had in the histories of anguish quietly told. 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...OUR AUTUMN by ELIZABETH AKERS ALLEN AN AUTUMN JOY by GEORGE ARNOLD A LEAF FALLS by MARION LOUISE BLISS THE FARMER'S BOY: AUTUMN by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD A LETTER IN OCTOBER by TED KOOSER AUTUMN EVENING by DAVID LEHMAN EVERYTHING THAT ACTS IS ACTUAL by DENISE LEVERTOV 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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