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Born in February 2, 1923 / Died in January 19, 1997 / United States / English

Poems by James Dickey

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The Shark's Parlor

... ord I could not hold him either But clung to the rope anyway it was the whole house bending ...

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For The Last Wolverine

... uch the timid poem needsThe mindless explosion of your rage,The glutton's internal fire the elk's ...

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The Lifeguard

... In quest of the miracleThis village of children believed ...

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At Darien Bridge

... As the gray climbs the side of my head ...

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The Strength Of Fields

... ... a separation from the world, a penetration to some source of power and a life-enhancing return ...

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The Sheep Child

...   Farther into the chill of the earth, and in a sound ...

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Creation Made Like Hope

...   has covered the fans of sovereign ...

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In The Tree House At Night

... Through the sprained, comic rungs of the ladder ...

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In The Marble Quarry

... Into the columns and statues of government buildings, ...

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Cherrylog Road

... By the stalled, dreaming traffic around us, ...

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The Heaven Of Animals

... But with claws and teeth grown perfect, ...

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Buckdancer’s Choice

... Through the thousand variations of one song ...

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Pursuit From Under

... And on August week ends the cold of a personal ice age ...

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Bums On Waking

... that they Burst through a hedge, and are lying ...

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Falling

... .. to her death tonight when she was swept through an emergency door that suddenly sprang open ...