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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RUSSIAN ARMY GOES INTO BAKU, by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When the ethnic riots start, and the civilized west Last Line: With an unhappy man Subject(s): Russia – Army; War; Freedom; Cold War | |||
The trees of May are green, Full of themselves, wetter each dawn, The morning stars sing, the squirrels run. Our bird feeders need daily refilling, the hot Azaleas enhance their orange and fuschia tints, The rhododendrons puckered dryly inside Their big buds begun to force themselves out, Apple blossoms lie in shallow pools At the feet of their trunks. All week relentless rain Soaks the ground, beats the roofs, rat-tat Races down the gutters. I imagine it falling into the Hudson River Around the scows and barges. I imagine it Splashing the yellow slickers of road crews. I imagine that I am farms and towns stretched out The width of New Jersey and Pennsylvania Flat on my back looking up at a gray sky. The grays shift, it must be windy up there, I feel the rain batter me, how good it is, cleansing the air, Pocking my skin -- Good, good, like sex after childbirth When the body is keen For pleasure again. http://www.wlu.edu/~shenano | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FUROR BELLICUS by ANNE WALDMAN PRAGUE, JANUARY 1964 by INGEBORG BACHMANN PRAGUE SPRING by TONY HARRISON SMALL PARK IN EAST GERMANY: 1969 by GERDA MAYER ESCAPE FROM EAST BERLIN by PETER SEARS OVER THE WALL: BERLIN, MAY 1975 by CHARLES HUBERT SISSON DEITIES AND BEASTS by JOHN UPDIKE CHRISTMAS CAROL by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE BEGGAR'S OPERA: SONG. AIR 16: OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY by JOHN GAY |
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