Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ODE TO SIGNIFICANCE, by JAMES GALVIN


Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

ODE TO SIGNIFICANCE, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: Implications arrive in unfamiliar places


Implications arrive in unfamiliar places:
Invading the finespun unbelievable

Down of your arm,
Moving over to accommodate a few trees
(Though each one is

And is dying to tell
An irrelevant version of the river),

Converting them to a noisy green,
A zephyr is not unlikely.
Sweet dreams

Like sailing into wind
No longer seemed equivocal,

And leverage is a property
We aspire to deserve.
If we opened our eyes

That would make two of us, and yet,
Not so --

Inside the knife's edge, the cut
Occupies itself
In study of the obscure.

The truth considers turning back.
I forget who you are,
Since I love you.
But when you say,
It's the wind explains the weathervane,

I think I see what you mean.


Used with the permission of Copper Canyon Press, P.O. Box 271, Port Townsend, WA
98368-0271, www.cc.press.org




Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!


Other Poems of Interest...
Home: PoetryExplorer.net