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NORTH AMERICAN IMAGE CYCLE, SELECTION by JAMES HARRISON

Poet Analysis

First Line: I FELT MYSELF FLOATING TOWARD THE SHADOW OF THE DREAMER I ONCE
Last Line: IN OUR DREAMS. THERE WERE POEMS BEFORE BOOKS ON EARTH.
Subject(s): ANGER; ITALY; WISHES; ITALIANS;
I felt myself floating toward the shadow of the dreamer I once
was. I said that I had become too old to dream and the androgynous
dreamer said let's marry anyway and be unhappy but joyous
in our dreams. There were poems before books on earth.



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