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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DAVID, by JAMES HARRISON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: He is young. The father is dead
Last Line: The father is dead.
Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim
Subject(s): Death; Fathers; Funerals; Mourning; Dead, The; Burials; Bereavement
First Line: He is young. The father is dead
Last Line: The father is dead.
Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim
Subject(s): Death; Fathers; Funerals; Mourning; Dead, The; Burials; Bereavement
He is young. The father is dead.
Outside, a cold November night,
the mourners' cars are parked upon the lawn;
beneath the porch light three
brothers talk to three sons
and shiver without knowing it.
His mind's all black thickets
and blood; he knows
flesh slips quietly off the bone,
he knows no last looks,
that among the profusion of flowers
the lid is closed to hide
what no one could bear --
that metal rends the flesh,
he knows beneath the white-pointed
creatures, stars,
that in the distant talk of brothers,
the father is dead.
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