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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CONTRASTS, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poet's Biography First Line: Strange, that we creatures of the petty ways Last Line: In mien or gesture what that memory is. Subject(s): God; Memory; Prisons & Prisoners; Convicts | |||
STRANGE, that we creatures of the petty ways, Poor prisoners behind these fleshly bars, Can sometimes think us thoughts with God ablaze, Touching the fringes of the outer stars. And stranger still that, having flown so high And stood unshamed in shining presences, We can resume our smallness, nor imply In mien or gesture what that memory is. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SECULAR GAMES by RICHARD HOWARD WHAT DID YOU SEE? by FANNY HOWE JULIA TUTWILER STATE PRISON FOR WOMEN by ANDREW HUDGINS BOTHWELL: PART 4 by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN BOTHWELL: PART 4 by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN |
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