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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DOLL BELIEVERS, by CLARENCE MAJOR Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: This lifeless construction Last Line: To imagine such a thing alive Subject(s): Children; Dolls; Parents; Toys; Childhood; Parenthood | |||
This lifeless construction, Yellow hair curled and twisted, The forever motionless face of rubber, The dark marked eyebrows, The flexible pug nose, Spongy red cheeks, Camel's-hair eyebrows Moving up and down. Lifting her up, her eyes fly open, They stare into space -- An unmoving blueness. Those never winking, moving balls, Controlled from the inside, And that thick rubber body, The imprint of a navel, The undersized hands, The thick soft knees, The screwed-on head, The air hole behind her neck, All this in its lifelessness Gives me a feeling That children are amazing To imagine such a thing alive. 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...MY PARENTS HAVE COME HOME LAUGHING by MARK JARMAN BIRTHDAY (AUTOBIOGRAPHY) by ROBINSON JEFFERS LOOKING IN AT NIGHT by MARY KINZIE THE VELVET HAND by PHYLLIS MCGINLEY CURRICULUM VITAE by LISEL MUELLER CIVILIZING THE CHILD by LISEL MUELLER |
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