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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHEN I WROTE A LITTLE, by HAYDEN CARRUTH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Poem in the ancient mode for you Last Line: The dark sure sea of our existence Subject(s): Language; Love; Words; Vocabulary | |||
poem in the ancient mode for you that was musical and had old words in it such as would never do in the academies you loved it and you said you did not know how to thank me and in truth this is a problem for who can ever be grateful enough for poetry but I said you thank me every day and every night wordlessly which you really do although again in truth it is a problem for how can life ever be consonant with spirit yet we are human and are naturally hungry for gratitude yes we need it and never have enough oh my dear i think these problems are always with us and in reality have no solutions except when we wash them away on salty tides of loving as we rock in the dark sure sea of our existence. 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...HOWYOUBEENS' by TERRANCE HAYES MY LIFE: REASON LOOKS FOR TWO, THEN ARRANGES IT FROM THERE by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: THE BEST WORDS by LYN HEJINIAN WRITING IS AN AID TO MEMORY: 17 by LYN HEJINIAN CANADA IN ENGLISH by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA THERE IS NO WORD by TONY HOAGLAND CONSIDERED SPEECH by JOHN HOLLANDER AND MOST OF ALL, I WANNA THANK ?Ǫ by JOHN HOLLANDER 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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