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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PROPAGATION, by CLARENCE MAJOR Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If botanic roots are divided Last Line: Hold me – to hell with everything else Subject(s): Plants; Love; Man-woman Relationships | |||
The girl was riding a horse alongside brave hunters with painted spears. They jumped fences, following loud, barking dogs in search of boar or wild turkey. They camped. She went out in a boat with two. Downstream. From there they saw the blazing fire against the night cutting mist along the mountain line. With its ears twitching, a mule deer stood in a clearing in snow near pines. His head slightly raised, sniffing. 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...MISERY AND SPLENDOR by ROBERT HASS THE APPLE TREES AT OLEMA by ROBERT HASS DOUBLE SONNET by ANTHONY HECHT CONDITIONS XXI by ESSEX HEMPHILL CALIFORNIA SORROW: MOUNTAIN VIEW by MARY KINZIE SUPERBIA: A TRIUMPH WITH NO TRAIN by MARY KINZIE COUNSEL TO UNREASON by LEONIE ADAMS TWENTY QUESTIONS by DAVID LEHMAN READ THE SIGNS by CLARENCE MAJOR |
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