Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONGS TO A.H.R.: 8. HOROLOGUE, by CALE YOUNG RICE Poet's Biography First Line: I have a clock within me Last Line: That heal the hurts of time. Subject(s): Clocks; Hearts; Love; Time | ||||||||
I have a clock within me (Call it a heart if you will) That tells me the time of timeless things Beyond any skill. That tells me how you will lift your head, Just as you turn a page, And say to me, "I love you!" Words that never age. Or how you will rise rapturously And do some tender thing That makes love seem as wonderful As a desert spring. I have a clock whose beating Rounds ever toward some chime Of harmonies between us That heal the hurts of time. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ELEVEN EYES: FINAL SECTION by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: COME OCTOBER by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: HOME by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN SLOWLY: I FREQUENTLY SLOWLY WISH by LYN HEJINIAN ALL THE DIFFICULT HOURS AND MINUTES by JANE HIRSHFIELD A DAY IS VAST by JANE HIRSHFIELD FROM THIS HEIGHT by TONY HOAGLAND A CHARM TO BRING CHILDREN (EGYPT, A.D. 100) by CALE YOUNG RICE |
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