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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE STRING, by CLARENCE MAJOR Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My mother tied / a string around her finger | |||
My mother tied a string around her finger and just as she was trying to tie it to mine my sister ran off with it, tying it first around a tree then a bush, then around the house and up through the moon and back. By the time she returned my mother was old. She yanked at the string as though it were a plant in dry earth. I picked up the string and took it from there. Used with the permission of Copper Canyon Press, P.O. Box 271, Port Townsend, WA 98368-0271, www.cc.press.org | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SYNCOPATED CAKEWALK by CLARENCE MAJOR REVELATION AT CAP FERRAT by CLARENCE MAJOR SAND FLESH AND SKY by CLARENCE MAJOR A GUY I KNOW ON 47TH AND COTTAGE by CLARENCE MAJOR AGING TOGETHER by CLARENCE MAJOR AT THE ZOO IN SPAIN by CLARENCE MAJOR ATELIER CEZANNE by CLARENCE MAJOR BALLROOM DARK by CLARENCE MAJOR |
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