Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, NORTH AMERICAN IMAGE CYCLE, SELECTION, by JAMES HARRISON


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First Line: Start with seven for luck
Last Line: Feet deep. Nothing need be forgiven.
Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim
Subject(s): Anger; Italy; Wishes; Italians


Start with seven for luck:
homo erectus, erect of course,
a compass, viper, wand or club,
gun, usual knife with any her or she
in repose for imagined punishment.
See him shudder, "throb" the books say,
quake, his flanks with a doggish bend.
Her eyes stare past his ear, they are
a green not found in nature and three
feet deep. Nothing need be forgiven.





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