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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DRUTHERS, by JAMES GALVIN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Between permission Subject(s): Life | |||
Between permission and obligation what light gets in is sifted fine. A deep separateness blesses the evergreens, ashamed of nothing. Hardly a day goes by. The long unlikelihood suffusing all things becomes, if left alone, the same as loneliness. For instance the kindling you raked into heaps by the chopping block, the rubberbands you left on doorknobs: little miracles of sadness, the order things are in, a shame. I never asked for choices or desire. I never would have turned. I'd harvest snow to live on like the timber does. Days would go by, restrained. Used with the permission of Copper Canyon Press, P.O. Box 271, Port Townsend, WA 98368-0271, www.cc.press.org | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PRIVILEGE OF BEING by ROBERT HASS SEAWATER STIFFENS CLOTH by JANE HIRSHFIELD SAYING YES TO LIVING by DAVID IGNATOW THE WORLD IS SO DIFFICULT TO GIVE UP by DAVID IGNATOW A DISCRETE LOVE POEM by JAMES GALVIN |
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