Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, EPITHALAMIUM, by JAMES HARRISON


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First Line: For the first time the wind
Last Line: My faith in it is passing.
Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim
Subject(s): Wind


For the first time the wind
blew straight down from the heavens.
I was wandering around the barnyard
about three AM in full moonlight
when it started, flattening my hair
against my head; my dog cowered
between my knees, and the last leaves
of a cold November shot to the ground.
Then the wind slowed and went back to the north.
This happened last night and already at noon
my faith in it is passing.





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