Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE PROGRESS OF THE SOUL, by THOMAS MCGRATH


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THE PROGRESS OF THE SOUL, by         Recitation by Author             Poet's Biography
First Line: Where once I loved my flesh
Last Line: I find it was always here
Subject(s): Skeletons; Skin; Soul


Where once I loved my flesh,
That social fellow,
Now I want security of bone
And cherish the silence of my skeleton.

Where once I walked the world
Hunting the devil,
Now I find the darkness and the void
Within my side.

First to be good, then to be happy I
Worked and prayed.
Before the midnight, like the foul fiend,
I killed my dear friend.

Hope unto hope, dream beyond monstrous dream
I sought the world.
Now, at the black pitch and midnight of despair,
I find it was always here.


Used with the permission of Copper Canyon Press, P.O. Box 271, Port Townsend, WA
98368-0271, www.cc.press.org




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