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GARDEN by JAMES HARRISON

Poet Analysis

First Line: STANDING AT THE WINDOW AT NIGHT
Last Line: A LORD OF SHADOWS.
Subject(s): GARDENS & GARDENING; GROWTH; SHADOWS; STRENGTH;

Standing at the window at night
my shadow is the length of the garden -
I move a huge arm and
cause plants to spring up,
tomatoes to ripen.
My head is as large
as a strawberry bed and I can
cup two bales of straw in one hand.
I take pride in this strength,
fed by light and darkness,
wielded against my father's garden -
a lord of shadows.



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