Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A SHOT AT NIGHT, by IDELLA PURNELL Poet's Biography First Line: A shot rings out upon the dreaming night Last Line: Men turn in beds. A wind like weeping stirs. Subject(s): Bullets; Guns; Night; Bedtime | ||||||||
A shot rings out upon the dreaming night. Night shivers to pieces like a broken vase; The stars are spangled on the sky like lace; The moon is shedding a terrible cold light; And, like the crystal running of a stream Of water flowing from a broken jar, Fear creeps across the earth, and every star Stops moving, and a moment dulls the gleam. Of the ivory moon. The rustling boughs of trees Are silent, and a rare and breathless chill Falls on the world, and makes it very still. Then the cocks crow, a watchdog barks ill ease And is chorused by a hundred yapping curs. Men turn in beds. A wind like weeping stirs. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BREATH OF NIGHT by RANDALL JARRELL HOODED NIGHT by ROBINSON JEFFERS NIGHT WITHOUT SLEEP by ROBINSON JEFFERS WORKING OUTSIDE AT NIGHT by DENIS JOHNSON POEM TO TAKE BACK THE NIGHT by JUNE JORDAN COOL DARK ODE by DONALD JUSTICE POEM TO BE READ AT 3 A.M by DONALD JUSTICE |
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