Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RESURRECTION UPDATE, by JAMES GALVIN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: And then it happened Last Line: An aspirin in a glass of water Subject(s): Earth; Jesus Christ; Resurrection, The; World | ||||||||
And then it happened. Amidst cosmic busting and booming Gravity snapped, That galactic rack and pinion. Trees took off like rockets. Cemeteries exploded. The living and the dead Flew straight up together. Only up was gone. Up was away. Earth still spun As it stalled and drifted darkward, Sublime, An aspirin in a glass of water. 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...THE BROKEN BALANCE by ROBINSON JEFFERS SUBJECTED EARTH by ROBINSON JEFFERS GEOMETAPHYSICS by MARGARET AVISON NIAGARA by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS SOPHISTICATION by CONRAD AIKEN I SEE CHILE IN MY REARVIEW MIRROR by AGHA SHAHID ALI WASHING OUR HANDS OF THE REST OF AMERICA by MARVIN BELL THE EARTH IS A LIVING THING by LUCILLE CLIFTON A DISCRETE LOVE POEM by JAMES GALVIN |
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