Amy Clampitt Long Poems
- 1. A Hermit Thrush
Nothing's certain. Crossing, on this longest day,
the low-tide-uncovered isthmus, scrambling up
the scree-slope of what at high tide
will be again an island,
... - 2. On The Disadvantages Of Central Heating
cold nights on the farm, a sock-shod
stove-warmed flatiron slid under
the covers, mornings a damascene-
sealed bizarrerie of fernwork
... - 3. A Hedge Of Rubber Trees
The West Village by then was changing; before long
the rundown brownstones at its farthest edge
would have slipped into trendier hands. She lived,
impervious to trends, behind a potted hedge of
... - 4. A Cure At Porlock
For whatever did itâ??the cider
at the Ship Inn, where the crowd
from the bar that night had overflowed
singing into Southeyâ??s Corner, or
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