Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FACE OF THE PRECIPICE IS BLACK WITH LOVERS, by THOMAS MCGRATH Poet's Biography First Line: Where are you now Last Line: Scatching a living from the snow Subject(s): Absence; Love; Snow; Separation; Isolation | ||||||||
Where are you now -- Little birds of the summer? Letters still arrive . . . Through the back window I see a sparrow Scatching a living from the snow . . . 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...THE EVENING OF THE MIND by DONALD JUSTICE CHRISTMAS AWAY FROM HOME by JANE KENYON THE PROBLEM by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES WHEN A WOMAN LOVES A MAN by DAVID LEHMAN THIS UNMENTIONABLE FEELING by DAVID LEHMAN ODE FOR THE AMERICAN DEAD IN ASIA by THOMAS MCGRATH |
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