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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PARIAH, by DAVID IGNATOW Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The pariah / in the beginning Last Line: In his thoughts Subject(s): Relationships | |||
Murder is one and loving is another, not thinking, passing just to know at the end of day that we are still breathing and can get a smile out of the elevator man, testing our wit on his passivity. He takes us down from the hard acts we have performed. He carries us back to the ground, where we have something to step on that does not complain. We are leaving behind the dead and heading for new beginnings, for old endings. The victim is known. Here I am and there you look at me as if I had been the one to kill you and I have not yet told you what I think. It's when the dead come to life again that I leave. I dread returning. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AMERICAN WEDDING by ESSEX HEMPHILL PUNK HALF PANTHER by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA LET US GATHER IN A FLOURISHING WAY by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA THE DIFFERENCE by RICHARD HOWARD |
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