Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HITCHHIKING, by JAMES HARRISON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Awake: / the white hand of Last Line: By a miraculous hatred. Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim Subject(s): Fire; Hitchhikers; Tragedy | ||||||||
Awake: the white hand of my benefactor drums on the seat between us. The world had become orange in the rearview mirror of a '55 Pontiac. The road was covered with bugs and mist coiled around great house-sized rocks and in the distance buried them. Village. Passed three limp gas stations then one whose windows exploded with fire. My mouth was filled with plastic cups. Final item: breakfast, nurtured by a miraculous hatred. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CLASSICAL PROPORTIONS OF THE HEART; FOR FONTAINE by ELEANOR WILNER THE ROLE OF ELEGY by MARY JO BANG COUNTESS LAURA by GEORGE HENRY BOKER THE PRISONER OF CHILLON by GEORGE GORDON BYRON THE SACK OF BALTIMORE by THOMAS OSBORNE DAVIS BEFORE SEDAN by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON THE IDEA OF BALANCE IS TO BE FOUND IN HERONS AND LOONS by JAMES HARRISON |
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