Читать книгу The Branch Will Not Break - James Wright A. - Страница 6

AS I STEP OVER A PUDDLE AT THE END OF WINTER, I THINK OF AN ANCIENT CHINESE GOVERNOR

GOODBYE TO THE POETRY OF CALCIUM

IN FEAR OF HARVESTS

THREE STANZAS FROM GOETHE

AUTUMN BEGINS IN MARTINS FERRY, OHIO

LYING IN A HAMMOCK AT WILLIAM DUFFY’S FARM IN PINE ISLAND, MINNESOTA

THE JEWEL

IN THE FACE OF HATRED

FEAR IS WHAT QUICKENS ME

A MESSAGE HIDDEN IN AN EMPTY WINE BOTTLE THAT I THREW INTO A GULLY OF MAPLE TREES ONE NIGHT AT AN INDECENT HOUR

STAGES ON A JOURNEY WESTWARD

HOW MY FEVER LEFT

MINERS

IN OHIO

TWO POEMS ABOUT PRESIDENT HARDING

EISENHOWER’S VISIT TO FRANCO, 1959

IN MEMORY OF A SPANISH POET

THE UNDERMINING OF THE DEFENSE ECONOMY

TWILIGHTS

TWO HANGOVERS

DEPRESSED BY A BOOK OF BAD POETRY, I WALK TOWARD AN UNUSED PASTURE AND INVITE THE INSECTS TO JOIN ME

TWO HORSES PLAYING IN THE ORCHARD

BY A LAKE IN MINNESOTA

BEGINNING

FROM A BUS WINDOW IN CENTRAL OHIO, JUST BEFORE A THUNDER SHOWER

MARCH

TRYING TO PRAY

TWO SPRING CHARMS

SPRING IMAGES

ARRIVING IN THE COUNTRY AGAIN

IN THE COLD HOUSE

SNOWSTORM IN THE MIDWEST

HAVING LOST MY SONS, I CONFRONT THE WRECKAGE OF THE MOON: CHRISTMAS, 1960

AMERICAN WEDDING

A PRAYER TO ESCAPE FROM THE MARKET PLACE

RAIN

TODAY I WAS HAPPY, SO I MADE THIS POEM

MARY BLY

TO THE EVENING STAR: CENTRAL MINNESOTA

I WAS AFRAID OF DYING

A BLESSING

MILKWEED

A DREAM OF BURIAL