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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AS IF, by JAMES GALVIN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I thought it took Last Line: Having risen all night to see you Subject(s): Passion; Sex | |||
I thought it took A red-tailed hawk To make hunger Look so easy. As if It was your first time with me, You lay awake all night, Though your clothes Went right to sleep Like man's best friend When you slipped Into that other landscape. As if the steam iron Could dream Of being a whale, Becalmed in sea-wrinkles, The distance (Such a lonesome cowboy) Only shrugged And walked away. How were you to know What passions Stood on their toes For a better look When you brushed your hair From your forehead -- They were undone! The vacant sun Has better manners Than anyone. When you rose In the first, slender light, It touched your shoulder -- But only a little -- As if to say, Excuse me, you dropped this, Having risen all night to see you. 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...LIE DOWN WITH A MAN by TONY HOAGLAND ARISTOTLE TO PHYLLIS by JOHN HOLLANDER PORTRAIT WITH BROWN HAIR by DONALD JUSTICE NATIONAL NUDIST CLUB NEWSLETTER by WAYNE KOESTENBAUM BLACKOUT SONNETS by JOAN LARKIN SEX IS NOT IMPORTANT by JAN HELLER LEVI WHAT THE MAGDALENE SAW by TIMOTHY LIU A DISCRETE LOVE POEM by JAMES GALVIN |
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