Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NORTH AMERICAN IMAGE CYCLE, SELECTION, by JAMES HARRISON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In a dream I saw spicer's body hanging from a hundred feet Last Line: Spread and are they peaceful on the bottom? Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim Subject(s): Anger; Italy; Wishes; Italians | ||||||||
In a dream I saw Spicer's body hanging from a hundred feet of clothesline rope under the Golden Gate. Ask Weldon Kees and Lew Welch to make contact, if alive or not. Crane's jump in all things, a raincoat, borrowed. When I fish the Marquesas every year I say to the passing fish, have you seen Crane's bones? How deep and where do they lie and are they drawn together or spread and are they peaceful on the bottom? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...1851: A MESSAGE TO DENMARK HILL by RICHARD HOWARD TONIGHT THE HEART-SHAPED LEAVES by JAN HELLER LEVI JEWISH GRAVEYARDS, ITALY by PHILIP LEVINE SAILING HOME FROM RAPALLO by ROBERT LOWELL SUNLIGHT AND SHADOW by LISEL MUELLER HOW DUKE VALENTINE CONTRIVED by BASIL BUNTING FRAGMENTS FROM ITALY: 1 by JOHN CIARDI THE IDEA OF BALANCE IS TO BE FOUND IN HERONS AND LOONS by JAMES HARRISON |
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