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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ETUDES DE PLUSIERS PAYSAGES DE L' AME: 1, by HAYDEN CARRUTH Poet's Biography
First Line: The storm came monday night. On wednesday we
Last Line: Just to be sure
Subject(s): Whales
First Line: The storm came monday night. On wednesday we
Last Line: Just to be sure
Subject(s): Whales
The storm came Monday night. On Wednesday we
Took wreaths to the point and flung them in the sea.
The sun shone, and the waves -- oh, how they sparkled!
Even the gulls' shrillness seemed sweet that day.
Sweet too the piquancy upon the breeze
Of stranded whale, burnt oil, and ambergris.
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SAN DIEGO AND MATISSE: 2. OUTSIDE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A ROCKING... by CLARENCE MAJOR
BESTIARY U.S.A.: WHALE by ANNE SEXTON
WATCHING THE WHALE by ANNIE FINCH
THE WHALE IN THE BLUE WASHING MACHINE by JOHN HAINES
THE WELLFLEET WHALE by STANLEY JASSPON KUNITZ
THE QUAKER GRAVEYARD IN NANTUCKET by ROBERT LOWELL
JONAH'S SONG, FR. MOBY DICK by HERMAN MELVILLE
FOR A COMING EXTINCTION by WILLIAM STANLEY MERWIN
I'VE NEVER SEEN SUCH A REAL HARD TIME BEFORE' by HAYDEN CARRUTH