Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FOUR MATRICES: 3. HOME, by JAMES HARRISON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Cores. Knots. A vortex around which nothing swirls Last Line: Cold and stillness, horses and roots, unmoving brain. Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim Subject(s): Cold; Despair | ||||||||
Cores. Knots. A vortex around which nothing swirls or moves. Here then. Where I am now and can't seem to move, some perfect cripple; a suspended brain. It was cold, it is cold. It will be cold. And dry. A root hits tablerock, curls upward, winds around itself until it becomes a noose. Obvious! Obvious! All the better. Simple things: just now a horse walked past the window. I was naked when I carried the dying dog to the couch. And weeping with alcohol and rock and cold and stillness, horses and roots, unmoving brain. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE DAY THAT WAS THAT DAY by AMY LOWELL MAN IN THE STREET OR HAND OVER MOUTH by HEATHER MCHUGH BURIAL RITES by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE CAMPS; FOR MARILYN HACKER by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE IDEA OF BALANCE IS TO BE FOUND IN HERONS AND LOONS by JAMES HARRISON |
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