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"Rather,
they gather the blue
objects of the world
and construct from them
a nest—"
James Tate (b. 1943), U.S. poet. The Blue Booby (l. 11-15). . .
Norton Anthology of Poetry, The. Alexander W. Allison and others, eds. (3d ed., 1983) W. W. Norton & Company. |
"the stars turn slowly
in the blue foil beside them
like the eyes of a mild savior."
James Tate (b. 1943), U.S. poet. The Blue Booby (l. 39-41). . .
Norton Anthology of Poetry, The. Alexander W. Allison and others, eds. (3d ed., 1983) W. W. Norton & Company. |
"when I see you,
as I have seen you at least
once every year of my life,
spin across the wilds of the sky
like a tiny, African god,
I feel dead."
James Tate (b. 1943), U.S. poet. The Lost Pilot (l. 32-37). . .
Norton Anthology of Poetry, The. Alexander W. Allison and others, eds. (3d ed., 1983) W. W. Norton & Company. |
"fast, perfect, and unwilling
to tell me that you are doing
well, or that it was mistake
that placed you in that world,
and me in this; or that misfortune
placed these worlds in us."
James Tate (b. 1943), U.S. poet. The Lost Pilot (l. 43-48). . .
Norton Anthology of Poetry, The. Alexander W. Allison and others, eds. (3d ed., 1983) W. W. Norton & Company. |
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