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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RECOVERING, by MURIEL RUKEYSER Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Dream of the world Last Line: I wake in the dark Subject(s): Night; Bedtime | |||
Dream of the world speaking to me. The dream of the dead acted out in me. The fathers shouting across their blue gulf. A storm in each word, an incomplete universe. Lightning in brain, slow-time recovery. In the light of October things emerge clear. The force of looking returns to my eyes. Darkness arrives splitting the mind open. Something again is beginning to be born. A dance is dancing me. I wake in the dark. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BREATH OF NIGHT by RANDALL JARRELL HOODED NIGHT by ROBINSON JEFFERS NIGHT WITHOUT SLEEP by ROBINSON JEFFERS WORKING OUTSIDE AT NIGHT by DENIS JOHNSON POEM TO TAKE BACK THE NIGHT by JUNE JORDAN COOL DARK ODE by DONALD JUSTICE POEM TO BE READ AT 3 A.M by DONALD JUSTICE ROUND ABOUT MIDNIGHT by BOB KAUFMAN |
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