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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MEMORIES, by JOHN RUSSELL MCCARTHY First Line: You remember, big tree, the year of the hurricane Last Line: Who is dead.) Subject(s): Sequoia Trees; Redwoods | |||
You remember, Big Tree, the year of the hurricane -- in smoothed limb-stubs you remember it. (The books remember it too in a man named Washington who is dead.) You remember, Big Tree, the year of the changing sun spots and the shattering spears of fire -- in your split triumphant head you remember it. (The books remember it too in a man named Columbus who is dead.) You remember, Big Tree, the year of the bellowing fire when you were young -- in your hidden bold black heart you remember it. (The books remember it too in a man named Christ who is dead.) | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SUMMIT REDWOOD by ROBINSON JEFFERS FOR ALICE WALKER (A SUMMERTIME TANKA) by JUNE JORDAN AMONG THE REDWOODS by EDWARD ROWLAND SILL TO A REDWOOD TREE by PHILIP H. DODGE GIANT TREE by LUCILE LE CLERCQ |
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