(January 24, 1920 – June 9, 1944 / Tunbridge Wells, Kent)

poet Keith Douglas
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How To Kill

Under the parabola of a ball,
a child turning into a man,
I looked into the air too long.
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  • Gajanan Mishra (2/21/2013 3:40:00 AM)

    A shadow is a man when the mosquito death approaches. thanks.

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  • Gerard Rochford (1/28/2007 2:01:00 PM)

    this jagged, uneven poem, is nevertheles i feel, one of the great poems of the last century. the mosquito image is wonderfully worked.

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