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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HOW WE DID IT, by MURIEL RUKEYSER Recitation by Author Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We all traveled into that big room, Last Line: Waiting for morning Subject(s): Antiwar Movement; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 | |||
We all traveled into that big room, some from very far away we smiled at some we knew we did not as we talked agree our hearts went fast thinking of morning when we would walk along the path. We spoke. Late night. We disagreed. We knew we would climb the Senate steps. We knew we would present our claim we would demand : be strong now : end the war. How would we do it? What would we ask? We will be warned, one said."They will warn us and take us." We can speak and walk away. We can lie down as if in mourning. We can lie down as a way of speech, speaking of all the dead in Asia." Then Eqbal said,"We are not at this moment a revolutionary group,we are a group of dissenters. Let some, then, walk away, let some stand until they want to leave, let some lie down and let some be arrested. Some of us. Let each do what he feels at that moment tomorrow." Eqbal's dark face. The doctor spoke, of friendships made in jail. We looked into each other's eyes and went all to our rooms, to sleep, waiting for morning. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A SECOND-HAND ELEGY; FOR DOUGLAS DICKEY, PFC., USMC by MICHAEL ANANIA AT A MARCH AGAINST THE VIETNAM WAR (LATER VERSION) by ROBERT BLY ON BEING ASKED TO WRITE A POEM AGAINST THE WAR IN VIETNAM by HAYDEN CARRUTH HOMELESS COMPLEYNT by ALLEN GINSBERG IN THAI BINH (PEACE) PROVINCE by DENISE LEVERTOV WEEPING WOMAN by DENISE LEVERTOV WAITER IN A CALIFORNIA VIETNAMESE RESTURANT by CLARENCE MAJOR |
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