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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DO POETS FAIL?, by ALFRED J. DAVIS First Line: We pour upon the poet's head Last Line: Within to make our spirits bloom. Subject(s): Poetry & Poets | |||
We pour upon the poet's head The bitter gall that saviors drink; Then quote his lines when we would link Life's setting sun with new dawn's red. The light he spreads when he is here May seem but darkness to the throng; But when reflected by the strong -- New stars -- new skies -- new worlds appear. Though Keats and Whitman felt the blow Of fortune's flail and critic's scorn, They sang for millions yet unborn. Do poets fail? But this I know: The buried gold in Egypt's tomb May tell of wealth and ancient pride But Job and Homer still reside Within to make our spirits bloom. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ENVY OF OTHER PEOPLE'S POEMS by ROBERT HASS THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AS A SONG by ROBERT HASS THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN OXOTA: A SHORT RUSSIAN NOVEL: CHAPTER 192 by LYN HEJINIAN LET ME TELL YOU WHAT A POEM BRINGS by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA JUNE JOURNALS 6/25/88 by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA FOLLOW ROZEWICZ by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA HAVING INTENDED TO MERELY PICK ON AN OIL COMPANY, THE POEM GOES AWRY by HICOK. BOB |
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