Poets | Members | Poem of the Day | Top 40 | Search | Comments | Privacy
December 21st, 2009 - we have 234 poets, 8,023 poems and 18,092 comments.
John Berryman - Dream Song 35: MLA

Hey, out there!—assistant professors, full,
associates,—instructors—others—any—
I have a sing to shay.
We are assembled here in the capital
city for Dull—and one professor's wife is Mary—
at Christmastide, hey!

and all of you did theses or are doing
and the moral history of what we were up to
thrives in Sir Wilson's hands—
who I don't see here—only deals go screwing
some of you out, some up—the chairmen too
are nervous, little friends—

a chairman's not a chairman, son, forever,
and hurts with his appointments; ha, but circle—
take my word for it—
though maybe Frost is dying—around Mary;
forget your footnotes on the old gentleman;
dance around Mary.

Added: Feb 20 2003 | Viewed: 1382 times | Comments and analysis of Dream Song 35: MLA by John Berryman Comments (0)


Dream Song 35: MLA - Comments and Information

Poet: John Berryman (John Berryman Art)
Poem: 35. Dream Song 35: MLA
Volume: 77 Dream Songs
Year: Published/Written in 1964
There are no comments for this poem. Why not be the first one to post something about it?

Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, Dream Song 35: MLA, has not yet been commented on. You can click here to be the first to post a comment about it. Of course you can also always discuss poems by John Berryman with others on the American Poems poetry forum!

Poem Info

Berryman Info
Copyright © 2000-2009 Gunnar Bengtsson. All Rights Reserved. Links | Bookstore