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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHO DO YOU WRITE AN ENDLESS HISTORY?, by DELMORE SCHWARTZ Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Why when you write do you most frequently Subject(s): Poetry & Poets | |||
Why when you write do you most frequently Look in your heart and stare at it both first And last, half agonized by what you see And half bemused, seeking what is accursed Or blessed in the past? And what demand Is gratified?" I answered, hesitant And slow: "Because I wish to understand The causes of each great and small event Choosen, or like thrown dice, an accident, -My clumsiness each time I try to dance, My mother's anger when I wore long pants, Thus, as the light renews each incident, My friends are free of guilt or I am free Of self-accused responsibility | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ENVY OF OTHER PEOPLE'S POEMS by ROBERT HASS THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AS A SONG by ROBERT HASS THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN OXOTA: A SHORT RUSSIAN NOVEL: CHAPTER 192 by LYN HEJINIAN LET ME TELL YOU WHAT A POEM BRINGS by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA JUNE JOURNALS 6/25/88 by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA FOLLOW ROZEWICZ by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA HAVING INTENDED TO MERELY PICK ON AN OIL COMPANY, THE POEM GOES AWRY by HICOK. BOB |
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