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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BITS OF SOFT ANXIETY; FOR PHILIP WHALEN, by ANSELM HOLLO Poet's Biography First Line: Dreamt: crossroads Last Line: As it was in the other place where he spent most of his happy waking time | |||
dreamt: crossroads drove straight ahead arrived then with some confusion beating of wings sound of great engines etc. in a strange country where things kept falling on him and out of him they didn't hurt but caused some anxiety nevertheless maybe they were just cherry blossoms maybe it was just his old difficulty of remaining in the upright position of the higher primates maybe it was May as it was in the other place where he spent most of his happy waking time | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CLOUDS: THE CLOUD CHORUS by ARISTOPHANES MY PRETTY ROSE TREE, FR. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE TRUE UNTIL DEATH by ROBERT BURNS FANCY IN NUBIBUS; OR, THE POET IN THE CLOUDS by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE TO SIR GODFREY KNELLER by JOHN DRYDEN THE BLACK FINGER by ANGELINA WELD GRIMKE ON MILTON'S PARADISE LOST by ANDREW MARVELL MEMORIAL TO D.C.: 5. ELEGY by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY |
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