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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AIRBRUSH, by JAMES GALVIN Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The sky was an occasion Last Line: And they have shadows, double Subject(s): Paintings & Painters | |||
The sky was an occasion I would never rise to. I had my doubts. Frost fell back into morning shadows of things. Gateposts and evergreens had two shadows then, One white and twice as cold With half the heart and half again Smaller. Better than expected was good enough. A man could say mercy and mean it. There were daughters in whom fathers Would be well pleased, sons Not able to breed, mothers among the living. Fields blew away and blew back in, painless. Everybody died since everybody does, still I have my doubts And they have shadows, double. 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...1801: AMONG THE PAPERS OF THE ENVOY TO CONSTANTINOPLE by RICHARD HOWARD VENETIAN INTERIOR, 1889 by RICHARD HOWARD THERE IS A GOLD LIGHT IN CERTAIN OLD PAINTINGS by DONALD JUSTICE DUTCH INTERIORS by JANE KENYON INVITATION TO A PAINTER: 3 by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM THE CHINA PAINTERS by TED KOOSER ELEGY FOR SOL LEWITT by ANN LAUTERBACH ON THE SEPARATION OF ADAM AND EVE by TIMOTHY LIU A DISCRETE LOVE POEM by JAMES GALVIN |
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