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RETURN by JAMES HARRISON

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE SUN'S WARM AGAINST THE SLATS OF THE GRANARY
Last Line: AND WANT SOMETHING BETTER.
Subject(s): COLD; LONGING; NATURE; SPRING;

The sun's warm against the slats of the granary,
a puddle of ice in the shadow of the steps;
a bluetick hound lopes
across the winter wheat -
fresh green, cold green.
The windmill, long out of use,
screeches and twists in the wind.
A spring day too loud for talk
when bones tire of their flesh
and want something better.



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