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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BITS OF SOFT ANXIETY; FOR PHILIP WHALEN, by ANSELM HOLLO Poet's Biography First Line: Dreamt: crossroads Last Line: As it was in the other place where he spent most of his happy waking time | |||
dreamt: crossroads drove straight ahead arrived then with some confusion beating of wings sound of great engines etc. in a strange country where things kept falling on him and out of him they didn't hurt but caused some anxiety nevertheless maybe they were just cherry blossoms maybe it was just his old difficulty of remaining in the upright position of the higher primates maybe it was May as it was in the other place where he spent most of his happy waking time | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BEAST OF BURDEN by MARIANNE MOORE THE SHELL TO THE PEARL by LOUIS UNTERMEYER AMERICA: SONNET 2 by SYDNEY THOMPSON DOBELL ON PLAYWRIGHT (1) by BEN JONSON THE HERITAGE by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL ON THE DEATH OF A FAIR INFANT DYING OF A COUGH by JOHN MILTON |
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