Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

DOMESTIC by GERALD STERN

Poet Analysis

First Line: HE PICKED A LEAF, THERE JUST HAD TO BE
Last Line: For its deathbed speech he swept up or he scattered
Subject(s): HOUSEHOLD EMPLOYEES; SERVANTS; DOMESTICS; MAIDS;
Full Poem Text Available at
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Fourteen+poems.-a062382873


Home: PoetryExplorer.net