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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MY HUT; AFTER TRAN QUANG KHAI, by HAYDEN CARRUTH Poet's Biography
First Line: Built long ago, old
Last Line: And on these shoulders / and hands
Subject(s): Houses
First Line: Built long ago, old
Last Line: And on these shoulders / and hands
Subject(s): Houses
Built long ago, old
sills rotting in mud,
filled now with soft ash
from a thousand fires that warmed me,
ash settled indelibly
on these books, never
to be clean again,
and on these shoulders
and hands.
Used with the permission of Copper Canyon Press, P.O. Box 271, Port Townsend, WA
98368-0271, www.cc.press.org
Other Poems of Interest...
BEYOND THE HUNTING WOODS by DONALD JUSTICE
TWO-RIVER LEDGER by KHALED MATTAWA
SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 3 by CONRAD AIKEN
FOR THE REBUILDING OF A HOUSE by WENDELL BERRY
JERONIMO'S HOUSE by ELIZABETH BISHOP
MENDING THE ADOBE by HAYDEN CARRUTH
BESIDE MILL RIVER by MADELINE DEFREES
I'VE NEVER SEEN SUCH A REAL HARD TIME BEFORE' by HAYDEN CARRUTH