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THREE NIGHT SONGS: 2 by JAMES HARRISON

Poet Analysis

First Line: MOVING IN LIQUID DARK
Last Line: BUT TO FREEZE UNTIL ANOTHER GLACIER COMES.
Subject(s): NIGHT; WATER; BEDTIME;

Moving in liquid dark,
night's water,
a flat stone sinking,
wobbling toward bottom;
and not to wait there for morning,
to see the sun up through the water,
but to freeze until another glacier comes.



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