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--Here, the flag snaps in the glare and silence
Of the unbroken ice. I stand here,... - MORE --Here, the flag snaps in the glare and silence
Of the unbroken ice. I stand here,
The dogs bark, my beard is black, and I stare
At the North Pole. . .
And now what? Why, go back.

Turn as I please, my step is to the south.

Randall Jarrell

north | south | directions

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I wrung from the darkness--that the darkness flung me--
Is worthless as ignorance: nothing comes from nothing,... - MORE I wrung from the darkness--that the darkness flung me--
Is worthless as ignorance: nothing comes from nothing,
The darkness from the darkness. Pain comes from the darkness
And we call it wisdom. It is pain.

Randall Jarrell

darkness | pain | ignorance

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A filmy trash
Litters the black woods with the death... - MORE A filmy trash
Litters the black woods with the death
Of men; and one last breath

Curls from the monstrous chimney. . . .

Randall Jarrell

concentration camps

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One year
They sent a million here:... - MORE One year
They sent a million here:
Here men were drunk like water, burnt like wood.
The fat of good
And evil, the breast's star of hope
Were rendered into soap.

Randall Jarrell

concentration camps | hope | evil

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The soul has no assignments, neither cooks
Nor referees: it wastes its time.
It wastes its time. The soul has no assignments, neither cooks
Nor referees: it wastes its time.
It wastes its time.

Randall Jarrell

soul | time

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The blind date that has stood you up: your life. The blind date that has stood you up: your life.

Randall Jarrell

life

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The firelight of a long, blind, dreaming story
Lingers upon your lips; and I have seen... - MORE The firelight of a long, blind, dreaming story
Lingers upon your lips; and I have seen
Firm, fixed forever in your closing eyes,
The Corn King beckoning to his Spring Queen.

Randall Jarrell

stories and storytelling

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These calves, grown muscular with certainties;
This nose, three medium-sized pink strawberries These calves, grown muscular with certainties;
This nose, three medium-sized pink strawberries

Randall Jarrell

body

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An object among dreams, you sit here with your shoes off
And curl your legs up under you; An object among dreams, you sit here with your shoes off
And curl your legs up under you;

Randall Jarrell

dreams | dreaming | companionship | desire

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bars of that strange speech
In which each sound sets out to seek each other,... - MORE bars of that strange speech
In which each sound sets out to seek each other,
Murders its own father, marries its own mother,
And ends as one grand transcendental vowel.

Randall Jarrell

sounds

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