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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ANTHROPOLOGY, by JAMES GALVIN Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Remember the night you got drunk / and shot the roses? Last Line: For the archer’s bow to become a violin Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; Fathers; Guns; Drunkards; Alcohol Abuse | |||
Remember the night you got drunk and shot the roses? You were a perfect stranger, Father, even my bad sister cried. Some other gravity, not death or luck, drew fish out of the sea and started them panting. The fish became a man. The archer's bow became a violin. I remember the night you searched the sofa for change and wept on the telephone. Some other gravity, not time or entropy, pulled the knife down for centuries. The archers dropped their bows, harmless as pine needles in the snow. The knife became a plow and entered the earth, Father. Later it became a boat and some other things -- It isn't a dream but it takes a long time, for the archer's bow to become a violin. 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...NO NONSENSE by CHARLES BUKOWSKI THE REPLACEMENTS by CHARLES BUKOWSKI BELLEVUE EXCHANGE by NORMAN DUBIE EVEN NOW YOU ARE LEAVING by TESS GALLAGHER ANY NEWS FROM ALPHA CENTAURI by ANSELM HOLLO THE YEARS; I.M. CHARLES BUKOWSKI by ANSELM HOLLO A DISCRETE LOVE POEM by JAMES GALVIN |
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