Jack Gilbert Rain Poems

  • 1.
    In the small towns along the river
    nothing happens day after long day.
    Summer weeks stalled forever,
    and long marriages always the same.
    ...
  • 2.
    Suddenly this defeat.
    This rain.
    The blues gone gray
    And the browns gone gray
    ...
  • 3.
    The fox pushes softly, blindly through me at night,
    between the liver and the stomach. Comes to the heart
    and hesitates. Considers and then goes around it.
    Trying to escape the mildness of our violent world.
    ...
Total 3 Rain Poems by Jack Gilbert

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Summer 8 Heart 7 Morning 7 I Love You 6 Long 6 Love 6 Body 5 People 5 Dark 4 White 4

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ronald jorgensen: Though uneven, his best are our American heights and the lucidity of the earth: "The Abnormal Is Not Courage", "A Brief for the Defense". I encourage readers to welcome them into the memory of their hearts.

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