Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

GREAT BEAR by JOHN HOLLANDER

First Line: EVEN ON CLEAR NIGHTS, LEAD THE MOST SUPPLE CHILDREN
Last Line: EVEN, TO HAVE IT THERE (SUCH A GREAT BEAR! %ALL HUNG WITH STARS!), THERE STILL WOULD BE NO BEAR
Subject(s): CONSTELLATIONS;

Poem Sources:

THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF MODERN POETRY. 2ND ED.
  ELLMANN, RICHARD, & O'CLAIR, ROBERT (EDS.)
  (1988)
 
NEW POETS OF ENGLAND AND AMERICA: SECOND SELECTION.
  HALL, DONALD, & PACK, ROBERT (EDS.)
  (1962)
 
THE NEW YORKER BOOK OF POEMS; SELECTED BY THE EDITORS OF THE NEW YORKER.
  (1969)
 
THE MODERN POETS; AN AMERICAN-BRITISH ANTHOLOGY. 2ND EDITION.
  BRINNIN, JOHN MALCOLM, & READ, BILL (EDS.)
  (1970)
 
SELECTED POETRY.
  HOLLANDER, JOHN
  (1995)
 



Home: PoetryExplorer.net