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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WAITING, by JAMES HARRISON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: There are no calls from the outside
Last Line: Never were any enemies.
Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim
Subject(s): Waiting
First Line: There are no calls from the outside
Last Line: Never were any enemies.
Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim
Subject(s): Waiting
There are no calls from the outside.
Miracles are the perversity of literature.
We should know that by now.
Only that these never-revealed connections of things
lead us oddly on. Caesar's legions
entering Greenland's ice, the scout far in front
wanting to do battle where there are
no enemies,
never were any enemies.
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