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NORTH AMERICAN IMAGE CYCLE, SELECTION by JAMES HARRISON

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE SNAIL IS BEAUTIFUL, NEARLY PERSIAN. DO WE DWELL IN
Last Line: BUT DELICATELY WITH HER LIPS.
Subject(s): ANGER; ITALY; WISHES; ITALIANS;
The snail is beautiful, nearly Persian. Do we dwell @3in@1
or @3on@1 beauty? The Belgian mare in my barn weighs 2300 lbs.
but thinks of herself oddly as woman, very feminine and shy
tossing her flaxen mane then rolling hugely & wantonly
in the snow. She takes the proffered apple not with her teeth
but delicately with her lips.



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