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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
REAL WONDER, by JAMES GALVIN Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the stunned little interval Last Line: Preceding real wonder . Subject(s): Fences; Houses; Spring; Winter | |||
In the stunned little interval Between winter and spring, Like the held gasp of surprise Preceding real wonder, I'm a flashlight in daylight. Green stirs low down and shows Through dead blond shocks of grass, And gray aspen flowers dangle Above old snowbanks: I go around like a feral saint. The timber hoards Its meager crust of snow. I used to walk over the hill To visit my neighbor About now. Just because he was still alive After another winter. We'd look out the window At the groggy meadow, Not much to say by the end. This year my neighbor is dead So I walk the hill anyway. There's his dead house. There's his dead fence. The timber hoards Its meager crust of snow. I'm a gunnysack of gravel. I'm sudden as a gust of light. This is just The stunned little interval After another winter, The held gasp of surprise Preceding real wonder. 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...LOOKING EAST IN THE WINTER by JOHN HOLLANDER WINTER DISTANCES by FANNY HOWE WINTER FORECAST by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN AT WINTER'S EDGE by JUDY JORDAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 34 by JAMES JOYCE A DISCRETE LOVE POEM by JAMES GALVIN |
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