Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AGING TOGETHER, by CLARENCE MAJOR Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I watch myself aging in your eyes Subject(s): Animals; Old Age | ||||||||
I watch myself aging in your eyes. My heart in my chest sits high on stilts and leans forward for the sunlight that comes down through my ribs at midmorning. It is still a hopeful heart. My face still has two sides. And my hands each have a pocket to sleep in. Just like yours. You stand near an old stone doorway, shading your eyes from the sun. The church bells are ringing again. Each ding or dong has its own personality. Across the way two women stand at a gate feeding pigs. The pigs grunt and grind, watching us. All night the majestic church bells ring, setting a rhythm for our sleep as you sleep peacefully beside me and I beside you. In the morning we climb all the way to the top of the hill for a panoramic view. We see our village below by the bay. The eagle with feet full of the possibility of stars makes so much possible for us, but it is our own love for each other that makes the difference. We are growing older gracefully together. We've taken to aging like a dog to its collar. 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...AT EIGHTY I CHANGE MY VIEW by DAVID IGNATOW FAWN'S FOSTER-MOTHER by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE DEER LAY DOWN THEIR BONES by ROBINSON JEFFERS OLD BLACK MEN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON A WINTER ODE TO THE OLD MEN OF LUMMUS PARK, / MIAMI, FLORIDA by DONALD JUSTICE AFTER A LINE BY JOHN PEALE BISHOP by DONALD JUSTICE TO HER BODY, AGAINST TIME by ROBERT KELLY SONG FROM A COUNTRY FAIR by LEONIE ADAMS READ THE SIGNS by CLARENCE MAJOR |
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