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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FIRE SPIRIT, by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS Poet's Biography
First Line: I am old. / you warm yourselves at these fires
Last Line: Where shall I turn for comfort?
Subject(s): Old Age
First Line: I am old. / you warm yourselves at these fires
Last Line: Where shall I turn for comfort?
Subject(s): Old Age
I am old.
You warm yourselves at these fires?
In the center of these flames
I sit, my teeth chatter!
Where shall I turn for comfort?
Other Poems of Interest...
AN OLD-FASHIONED SONG by JOHN HOLLANDER
AT EIGHTY I CHANGE MY VIEW by DAVID IGNATOW
FAWN'S FOSTER-MOTHER by ROBINSON JEFFERS
THE DEER LAY DOWN THEIR BONES by ROBINSON JEFFERS
OLD BLACK MEN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON
A WINTER ODE TO THE OLD MEN OF LUMMUS PARK, / MIAMI, FLORIDA by DONALD JUSTICE
AFTER A LINE BY JOHN PEALE BISHOP by DONALD JUSTICE
TO HER BODY, AGAINST TIME by ROBERT KELLY
SONG FROM A COUNTRY FAIR by LEONIE ADAMS