Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NORTH AMERICAN IMAGE CYCLE, SELECTION, by JAMES HARRISON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: And my puppy is over her kidney infection, diagnosed Last Line: Let her wounds become my own. Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim Subject(s): Anger; Italy; Wishes; Italians | ||||||||
And my puppy is over her kidney infection, diagnosed as chronic & fatal. Saved from the gas chamber. I salute the technology of antibiotics. All dogs are in particular as was Christopher Smart's cat Jeoffry. He said drunkenly near dawn O let her sleep with us during her last days and let her wounds become my own. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...1851: A MESSAGE TO DENMARK HILL by RICHARD HOWARD TONIGHT THE HEART-SHAPED LEAVES by JAN HELLER LEVI JEWISH GRAVEYARDS, ITALY by PHILIP LEVINE SAILING HOME FROM RAPALLO by ROBERT LOWELL SUNLIGHT AND SHADOW by LISEL MUELLER HOW DUKE VALENTINE CONTRIVED by BASIL BUNTING FRAGMENTS FROM ITALY: 1 by JOHN CIARDI THE IDEA OF BALANCE IS TO BE FOUND IN HERONS AND LOONS by JAMES HARRISON |
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