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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NAMING FOR LOVE, by HAYDEN CARRUTH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: These are the proper names Last Line: May all who read this live long Subject(s): Stones; Granite; Rocks | |||
These are the proper names: Limestone, tufa, coral rag, Clint, beer stone, braystone, Porphyry, gneiss, rhyolite, Ironstone, cairngorm, circle stone, Blue stone, chalk, box stone, Sarsen, magnesia, brownstone, Flint, aventurnine, Soapstone, alabaster, basalt, Slate, quartzite, ashlar, Clunch, cob, gault, grit, Buhrstone, dolomite, Flagstone, freestone, sandstone, Marble, shale, gabbro, clay, Adamant, gravel, traprock, And of course brimstone. Some of the names are shapes: Crag, scarp, moraine, esker, Alp, hogback, ledge, tor, Cliff, boulder, crater, Gorge, and bedrock. Some denote uses: Keystone, capstone, Hearthstone, whetstone, And gravestone. For women a painful stone called Wombstone, which doctors say is "A calculus formed in the uterus." Gallstone and kidneystone hurt everyone. Millstone is our blessing. I will not say the names Of the misnamed precious stones. But a lovely name is gold, A product of stone. Underwards is magma; May all who read this live long. 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...STONE'S SECRET by MARGARET AVISON CONTRA MORTEM: THE STONE by HAYDEN CARRUTH OF THE STONES OF THE PLACE by ROBERT FROST THE EYE IN THE ROCK by JOHN HAINES THE HEAD ON THE TABLE by JOHN HAINES 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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