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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GHAZALS: 9, by JAMES HARRISON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: He said the grizzly sat eating the sheep and when the bullet
Last Line: Day crowds so that they'll indignantly topple my gravestone.
Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim
Subject(s): Death; Epitaphs; Hunting; Dead, The; Hunters
First Line: He said the grizzly sat eating the sheep and when the bullet
Last Line: Day crowds so that they'll indignantly topple my gravestone.
Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim
Subject(s): Death; Epitaphs; Hunting; Dead, The; Hunters
He said the grizzly sat eating the sheep and when the bullet
struck tore the sheep in two, fell over backward dead.
With her mouth warm or cold she remains a welcome mat, a hole
shot through it many years ago in Ohio. Hump. Hemp treaded.
Is there an acre left to be allotted to each man & beast so
they might regard each other on hands and knees behind fences?
The sun straight above was white and aluminum and the trout
on the river bottom watched his feet slip clumsily on the rocks.
I want an obscene epitaph, one that will disgust the Memorial
Day crowds so that they'll indignantly topple my gravestone.
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