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EXERCISE by JAMES HARRISON

Poet Analysis

First Line: HEAR THIS TOUCH: GRASS PARTS
Last Line: FIRE SELECTS NEW WOOD.
Subject(s): ACTIVITY; CHANGE; NATURE; RELATIONSHIPS; EXERCISE;

Hear this touch: grass parts
for the snake,
in furrows
soil curves around itself,
a rock topples into a lake,
roused organs,
fur against cloth,
arms unfold,
at the edge of a clearing
fire selects new wood.



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