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POEM by JAMES HARRISON

Poet Analysis

First Line: FORM IS THE WOODS: THE BEAST
Last Line: AND SLIGHT, PINK BONES.
Subject(s): HUNTING; NATURE; POETRY & POETS; HUNTERS;

Form is the woods: the beast,
a bobcat padding through red sumac,
the pheasant in brake or goldenrod
that he stalks -- both rise to the flush,
the brief low flutter and catch in air;
and trees, rich green, the moving of boughs
and the separate leaf, yield
to conclusions they do not care about
or watch -- the dead, frayed bird,
the beautiful plumage,
the spoor of feathers
and slight, pink bones.



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