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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GHAZALS: 1, by JAMES HARRISON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Unbind my hair, she says. The night is white and warm Last Line: And a new sun to guide us, a holy book, tracked in new blood. Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim Subject(s): Dreams; Imaginary Conversations; Music & Musicians; Night; Nightmares; Bedtime | |||
Unbind my hair, she says. The night is white and warm, the snow on the mountains absorbing the moon. We have to get there before the music begins, scattered, elliptical, needing to be drawn together and sung. They have dark green voices and listening, there are birds, coal shovels, the glazed hysteria of the soon-to-be-dead. I suspect Jesus will return and the surprise will be fatal. I'll ride the equator on a whale, a giraffe on land. Even stone when inscribed bears the ecstatic. Pressed to some new wall, ungiving, the screams become thinner. Let us have the tambourine and guitars and forests, fruit, and a new sun to guide us, a holy book, tracked in new blood. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BREATH OF NIGHT by RANDALL JARRELL HOODED NIGHT by ROBINSON JEFFERS NIGHT WITHOUT SLEEP by ROBINSON JEFFERS WORKING OUTSIDE AT NIGHT by DENIS JOHNSON POEM TO TAKE BACK THE NIGHT by JUNE JORDAN COOL DARK ODE by DONALD JUSTICE |
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