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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NIGHT SWIM, by SYLVIA HEEN
First Line: A wild plunge into black ice
Last Line: And took it home.
Subject(s): Swimming & Swimmers
First Line: A wild plunge into black ice
Last Line: And took it home.
Subject(s): Swimming & Swimmers
A wild plunge into black ice,
surprised into the warmth of spray around our shoulders.
Stars became bright rocks, cold to our touch.
There was the music of the midnight wind,
swift, as the beach spread to its high whistling.
And we netted all the stinging mirth of the whole wide sea --
And took it home.
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