Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, GHAZALS: 30, by JAMES HARRISON



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GHAZALS: 30, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: I am walked on a leash by my dog and am water
Last Line: An apple, the fat off the lamb, raw and coreless.
Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim
Subject(s): New York City; Poetry & Poets; Singing & Singers; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Songs


I am walked on a leash by my dog and am water
only to be crossed by a bridge. Dog and bridge.

An ear not owned by a face, an egg without a yolk
and my mother without a rooster. Not to have been.

London has no bees and it is bee time. No hounds
in the orchard, no small craft warnings or sailing ships.

In how many poems through how many innocent branches
has the moon peeked without being round.

This song is for New York City who peeled me like
an apple, the fat off the lamb, raw and coreless.





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