|
|
|
Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PORTENTS, by THOMAS MCGRATH Poet's Biography
First Line: Today they invent
Last Line: "sooner or later,
Subject(s): Computers; Fire; Inventions And Inventors; Omens
First Line: Today they invent
Last Line: "sooner or later,
Subject(s): Computers; Fire; Inventions And Inventors; Omens
Today they invent
The computer that invents
Computers.
Tomorrow -- who knows? --
The wheel.
After that,
Sooner or later,
Fire.
Used with the permission of Copper Canyon Press, P.O. Box 271, Port Townsend, WA
98368-0271, www.cc.press.org
Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!
Other Poems of Interest...
INVENTORY by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR
RORY O'MORE; OR, ALL FOR GOOD LUCK by SAMUEL LOVER
THE RAPE OF THE LOCK: CANTO 2 by ALEXANDER POPE
SONNET: DEATH-WARNINGS by FRANCISCO GOMEZ DE QUEVEDO Y VILLEGAS
THE WIND ON THE HILLS by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER
THE OMEN by JANIE ELLEN LUELLING BYRNES
BALLAD TO THE TUNE OF 'TO PARLIAMENT THE QUEEN IS GONE' by PATRICK CAREY
A FOREBODING by MARY M. SINGLETON CURRIE
ODE FOR THE AMERICAN DEAD IN ASIA by THOMAS MCGRATH