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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LISTENING, by DAVID IGNATOW Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It's to hear the children under my window Last Line: To the pounding of the feet, the pulsing voices. Subject(s): Dancing & Dancers; Life | |||
It's to hear the children under my window perform the ritual dance of sex to know I am asking for an end to danger and death, for the dance of shouts and gestures is toward life, which is for danger and death: a rush toward an ecstasy for destruction, and I am with them: my heart beats to the pounding of the feet, the pulsing voices. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PRIVILEGE OF BEING by ROBERT HASS SEAWATER STIFFENS CLOTH by JANE HIRSHFIELD |
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