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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DEATH AT WORK, by JAMES GALVIN Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A chevy engine hangs by a chain Last Line: With everyone afraid and trying not to be Subject(s): Death; Labor & Laborers; Dead, The; Work; Workers | |||
A Chevy engine hangs by a chain From a limb of the spreading ponderosa. The toolshed smells of stale blood And is padlocked. Trying not to be afraid explains everything. A riding boot slit down both seams Lolls behind the open door. The rising sun peeks under cloud cover As if for purposes of identification And then disappears for the day. Hush now, I promise not to tell any stories With everyone afraid and trying not to be. 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...AFTER WORKING SIXTY HOURS AGAIN FOR WHAT REASON by HICOK. BOB DAY JOB AND NIGHT JOB by ANDREW HUDGINS BIXBY'S LANDING by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON BUILDING WITH STONE by ROBINSON JEFFERS LINES FROM A PLUTOCRATIC POETASTER TO A DITCH-DIGGER by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS IN CALIFORNIA: MORNING, EVENING, LATE JANUARY by DENISE LEVERTOV A DISCRETE LOVE POEM by JAMES GALVIN |
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