Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, OLD ADAM, by MARGARET AVISON


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OLD ADAM, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The simple horizontal
Last Line: In a circumference.
Subject(s): Life; Time


The simple horizontal
Is a lie dull eyes create
And only in a glut of grief
Seems earth prostrate.

Light-years are grim-embrasive,
Elliptical they flow;
Vivid but pearl-deep jewel
This life of days we know.

I see not cruciform but just
One bead of blood from thence,
The heart essential prisoned
In a circumference.





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