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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TRANSITION, by MIRIAM BARRANGER First Line: White sleeping tombs Last Line: In a million shafts of light. Subject(s): Death; Graves; Rest; Dead, The; Tombs; Tombstones | |||
White sleeping tombs, Housing those, Who'll wake no more To clamour of harsh sound; Or long green fingers, Clutching, covering; Or fetid breaths, Last remnants of clay. White sleeping tombs, Less mortal Than those housed within, Rising above blue shadows To meet the azure arc; Vibration of many victories, Proclaiming triumph In a million shafts of light. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SURVIVOR AMONG GRAVES by RANDALL JARRELL SUBJECTED EARTH by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE GRAVE OF MRS. HEMANS by CECIL FRANCES ALEXANDER THOSE GRAVES IN ROME by LARRY LEVIS NOT TO BE DWELLED ON by HEATHER MCHUGH ONE LAST DRAW OF THE PIPE by PAUL MULDOON ETRUSCAN TOMB by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS ENDING WITH A LINE FROM LEAR by MARVIN BELL |
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