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DUSK by JAMES HARRISON

Poet Analysis

First Line: DUSK OVER THE LAKE
Last Line: THAT I SHATTER THE MOON WITH AN OAR.
Subject(s): ABSENCE; DUSK; SEPARATION; ISOLATION;
Dusk over the lake,
clouds floating
heat lightning
a nightmare behind branches;
from the swamp
the odor of cedar and fern,
the long circular
wail of the loon -
the plump bird aches for fish
for night to come down.

Then it becomes so dark
and still
that I shatter the moon with an oar.



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