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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SEMPITERNAL, by JAMES GALVIN Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Out at sea the sun / was shining Last Line: North each time . Subject(s): Sea; Silver; Sun; Water; Whales; Ocean | |||
Out at sea the sun was shining, but only in one place, like a silver dish on the rain-darkened water. A single whale, sated with love, steaming north from Baja, was too distant to see, but we could see where he was breathing: a tree made of water and filled with silver light appeared on the air, already falling, and after a whale-breath, reappeared -- the selfsame form -- a little farther north each time. 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...HALL OF OCEAN LIFE by JOHN HOLLANDER JULY FOURTH BY THE OCEAN by ROBINSON JEFFERS BOATS IN A FOG by ROBINSON JEFFERS CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE FIGUREHEAD by LEONIE ADAMS A DISCRETE LOVE POEM by JAMES GALVIN |
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