Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NORTH AMERICAN IMAGE CYCLE, SELECTION, by JAMES HARRISON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Remember her cheers? How you loved the cheerleader far beyond Last Line: No longer love the cheerleader. Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim Subject(s): Anger; Italy; Wishes; Italians | ||||||||
Remember her cheers? How you loved the cheerleader far beyond desperation. How you nearly threw yourself into Niagara Falls unprotected by a rubber barrel on your high-school senior trip. Now you have a permanent rubber barrel around you but you no longer love the cheerleader. | 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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