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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 HARD TIMES IN ELFLAND; A STORY OF CHRISTMAS EVE by SIDNEY LANIER ON THE PROPOSAL TO ERECT A MONUMENT IN ENGLAND TO LORD BYRON by EMMA LAZARUS TETHYS' FESTIVAL: SHADOWS by SAMUEL DANIEL LET THE LIGHT ENTER (THE DYING WORDS OF GOETHE) by FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER SUMMER'S LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT: AUTUMN by THOMAS NASHE |
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