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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
POETICAL ABSTRACTS: 2. METAPHYSICAL, by HAYDEN CARRUTH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Fascination / o' jack-o'-lanterns Last Line: Of snuffed wick and sweet / flesh overheated Subject(s): Halloween; Pumpkins | |||
fascination o' jack-o'-lanterns round livid fruit already dulling sagging on an autumnal doorstep in a stone wind leaf-waste and the chill discussions of dust the light inside gleaming at all four windows of life laughing gusts of light flickering, now guttering and ah the darkness -- but it brightens and again life quickens, comic intelligence leaps out a quirk on the dark until it can leap no more falls, the darkness rushes in, tidal over the smell of snuffed wick and sweet flesh overheated. 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...THE PUMPKIN PIE, OR REASSURANCES ARE ALWAYS FALSE; THOUGH WE LOVE THEM by DIANE WAKOSKI THE PUMPKIN TREE by ROBERT WRIGLEY THE STRANGER IN THE PUMPKIN by JOHN CIARDI WHAT BRINGS US OUT by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE THE PUMPKIN by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER STOCK AND VERMONT PUNKINS by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY VERMONT FALL FEED by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY PART OF AUTUMN by MARIE EMILIE GILCHRIST PUMPKIN RIND DOLLS by JANET KIMPSTON HERZ 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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