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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GHAZALS: 59, by JAMES HARRISON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: On the fourteenth sunday after pentecost I rose early
Last Line: Poetry on a workbench and mom glazes the steamed froth for lunch.
Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim
Subject(s): Imagination; Fancy
First Line: On the fourteenth sunday after pentecost I rose early
Last Line: Poetry on a workbench and mom glazes the steamed froth for lunch.
Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim
Subject(s): Imagination; Fancy
On the fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost I rose early
and went fishing where I saw an osprey eat a bass in a tree.
We are not all guilty for anything. Let all stupefied
Calvinists take pleasure in sweet dirty pictures and gin.
As an active farmer I'm concerned. Apollinaire fertilizer
won't feed the pigs or chickens. Year of my seventh failure.
When we awoke the music was faint and a golden light came
through the window, one fly buzzed, she whispered another's name.
Let me announce I'm not against homosexuality. Now that the air
is clear on this issue you can talk freely Donny Darkeyes.
A home with a heated garage where dad can tinker with his
poetry on a workbench and mom glazes the steamed froth for lunch.
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