Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONGS FOR A WINTER FIRE: 7. ZERO, by CALE YOUNG RICE Poet's Biography First Line: Hard of heart, winter has frozen the fields Last Line: One dares not even think of lambs or fawns. Subject(s): Dreams; Hearts; Stars; Winter; Nightmares | ||||||||
Hard of heart, winter has frozen the fields. Cold of heart, winter has stopped the streams. Bleak of heart, it blights the last leaf-blade. Bare of heart, it numbs the earth of dreams. Crows blow by -- like black chaff on the wind. Suns sink down to rise on colder dawns. Frosty stars cover the nights so chill One dares not even think of lambs or fawns. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VARIATIONS: 14 by CONRAD AIKEN VARIATIONS: 18 by CONRAD AIKEN LIVE IT THROUGH by DAVID IGNATOW A DREAM OF GAMES by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE DREAM OF WAKING by RANDALL JARRELL APOLOGY FOR BAD DREAMS by ROBINSON JEFFERS GIVE YOUR WISH LIGHT by ROBINSON JEFFERS A CHARM TO BRING CHILDREN (EGYPT, A.D. 100) by CALE YOUNG RICE |
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