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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DAWN WHISKEY, by JAMES HARRISON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Mind follow the nose
Last Line: As this whiskey to my tongue.
Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim
Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking; Memory; Wine
First Line: Mind follow the nose
Last Line: As this whiskey to my tongue.
Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim
Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking; Memory; Wine
Mind follow the nose
this honey of whiskey
I smell through the throat of the bottle.
I hear a wren in the maple
and ten million crickets,
leaf rustle
behind the wren and crickets,
farther back a faint dog bark.
And the glass is cool,
a sweet cedar post that flames so briskly.
Sight bear this honey
through the shell curved around the brain,
your small soft globes
pouring in new light --
remember things that burn with gold
as this whiskey to my tongue.
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