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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FORGET, by JOSEPH AUSLANDER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Let your anchor go whinnying down; it should strike Last Line: Let your anchor go over! | |||
Let your anchor go whinnying down: it should strike Deep into some merman's pearl-assaulted skull; Or -- if you like -- A nereid's throat white as death and as beautiful, A nereid's hair streaked weed green, rust gold where pike And inquisitive shark teeth pull. Forget home and the half-friends; forget the soft mouth Syllabling lovely treacheries; forget the hollow words, The dust, the drouth -- Everything! Go with the sulphur wings and the sapphire birds And the cream curves of the great gulls screaming south And the whales in wallowing herds! Forget! Let nothing make you remember; allow No pale intrigue of roseleaf dust, no pressed clover; Let no sound now Haunt your brain with the old crushed cry of the lover; Forget you ever touched a cool skin, a quiet brow -- Let your anchor go over! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A BLACKBIRD SUDDENLY by JOSEPH AUSLANDER CESAR FRANCK by JOSEPH AUSLANDER COMPANION OF QUIET by JOSEPH AUSLANDER CRYING, 'THALASSUS!' by JOSEPH AUSLANDER FOAM STRAY by JOSEPH AUSLANDER |
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