Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GARDEN: 2, by HILDA DOOLITTLE Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O wind, rend open the heat Last Line: Of your path. Alternate Author Name(s): H. D.; Aldington, Richard, Mrs. Variant Title(s): Heat Subject(s): Bible; Gardens & Gardening; Heat | ||||||||
O wind, rend open the heat, cut apart the heat, rend it to tatters. Fruit cannot drop through this thick air -- fruit cannot fall into heat that presses up and blunts the points of pears and rounds the grapes. Cut the heat -- plough through it, turning it on either side of your path. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PHILOSOPHY IN WARM WEATHER by JANE KENYON FRAGMENTS WRITTEN WHILE TRAVELING...A MIDWESTERN HEAT WAVE by JAMES GALVIN HOW PALESTINIANS KEEP WARM by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE DESERT PARABLE by ELEANOR WILNER |
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