Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

BY HEART by JOHN HOLLANDER

Poem Explanation

First Line: THE SONGS COME AT US FIRST, AND THEN THE RHYMED
Last Line: THAT WE FIRST LEARNED TO GET BY SOUL, OR SOMETHING

Poem Sources:

THE NEW YORKER, OCTOBER 30 /00.
  (2000)
 



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