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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE HAG, by JAMES OPPENHEIM Poet's Biography
First Line: The old hag sat on the park bench, picking her teeth
Last Line: And see what else the world means.
Subject(s): Homeless; Old Age; Women
First Line: The old hag sat on the park bench, picking her teeth
Last Line: And see what else the world means.
Subject(s): Homeless; Old Age; Women
THE old hag sat on the park bench, picking her teeth:
Her hat was askew over her stiffened bangs:
Her skirts were bunched together: her shoes broken.
What did Spring mean to her?
What meaning in the new grass blades and the cloudy blue of the skies?
How did the slow-rising love-hymn of the Earth sound in her ears?
What mate in the world for her?
I passed by, young and in power:
But I wished for a moment I could be inside her head,
And see what else the world means.
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