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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THREE NIGHT SONGS: 2, by JAMES HARRISON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Moving in liquid dark
Last Line: But to freeze until another glacier comes.
Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim
Subject(s): Night; Water; Bedtime
First Line: Moving in liquid dark
Last Line: But to freeze until another glacier comes.
Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim
Subject(s): Night; Water; Bedtime
Moving in liquid dark,
night's water,
a flat stone sinking,
wobbling toward bottom;
and not to wait there for morning,
to see the sun up through the water,
but to freeze until another glacier comes.
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