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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A PORTRAIT OF MY ROOF, by JAMES GALVIN Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My steel roof mirrors clouds Last Line: Unlike anything one finds in reflection Subject(s): Animals; Clouds; Grass; Snakes; Steel; Serpents; Vipers | |||
My steel roof mirrors clouds Like a book the sky left off reading. The story of clouds passing keeps passing, As stories will, even with the book turned over, Even closed, shelved, forgotten; Inside I leave off working And turn my notebook spine up to wonder What kind of story is boring the sky. I don't have to go far for the answer. I don't have to go anywhere. Shall I take up serpents for interest? I have taken up serpents. Shall I refuse happiness? For interest? No, I shall claim the obvious, That hearts are no exclusive province. I shall go outside and lie down in the grass. I shall read the passing clouds, Chaotic, senseless, wise, Unlike anything one finds in reflection. 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 IMAGINED COPPERHEAD by ANDREW HUDGINS TO THE SNAKE by DENISE LEVERTOV FIVE ACCOUNTS OF A MONOGAMOUS MAN by WILLIAM MEREDITH TANKA DIARY (8) by HARRYETTE MULLEN SNAKE WOMAN by MARGARET ATWOOD A DISCRETE LOVE POEM by JAMES GALVIN |
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