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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...MEDIOCRITY IN LOVE REJECTED by THOMAS CAREW SPEAKIN' O' CHRISTMAS by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR HOW VIOLETS CAME BLUE by ROBERT HERRICK ON THE SUN COMING OUT IN THE AFTERNOON by HENRY DAVID THOREAU INTO THE TWILIGHT by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS GIRLS! PASS ALONG! by PIERRE JEAN DE BERANGER THE MEADOW STREAM by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN BRITANNIA'S PASTORALS: BOOK 1. THE FIFTH SONG by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) THE OMEN by JANIE ELLEN LUELLING BYRNES MASQUE AT THE MARRIAGE OF THE EARL OF SOMERSET: SECOND SQUIRE (1) by THOMAS CAMPION |
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