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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TOO TENUOUS, by HAYDEN CARRUTH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thirty yards apart, they face Last Line: Love will not keep in such a dwindled order too tenuous to know Subject(s): Nevada | |||
Thirty yards apart, they face not each other but both in the same direction, and yet could not be more together, these sandhill cranes near Ruby Lake, Nevada, two russet paleographic curves, slender Chinese brushstrokes among tan reeds -- the composed and oriental splendor of this world. Bo, my son, you grow as this grows rarer. We know what the cranes are facing. Already I am a collector of such precious fragments and you will become perhaps a connoisseur, driven in love and wonder to pedantry. Turn away, dear Bo. Love will not keep in such a dwindled order too tenuous to know. 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...NEVADA by HELENA GRACE BRADLEY A NEVADA COWPUNCHER TO HIS BELOVED by ANONYMOUS JANUARY 15 AS A NATIONAL HOLIDAY by CARTER REVARD LEAVING NEVADA by CHARLIE SMITH VACATION by WILLIAM EDGAR STAFFORD 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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