Poets | Members | Poem of the Day | Top 40 | Search | Comments | Privacy
July 4th, 2008 - we have 237 poets, 8036 poems and 17621 comments.
John Berryman - Dream Song 97: Henry of Donnybrook bred like a pig

Henry of Donnybrook bred like a pig,
bred when he was brittle, bred when big,
how he's sweating to support them.
Which birthday of the brighter darker man,
the Goya of the Globe & Blackfriars, whom—
our full earth smiled on him

squeezing his old heart with a daughter loose
(hostages they áre)—the world's produced,
so far, alarms, alarms.
Fancy the chill & fatigue four hundred years
award a warm one. All we know is ears.
My slab lifts up its arms

in a solicitude entire, too late.
Of brutal revelry gap your mouth to state:
Front back & backside go bare!
Cats' blackness, booze,blows, grunts, grand groans.
Yo-bad yõm i-oowaled bo    v'ha'l lail awmer h're gawber!
—Now, now, poor Bones.

Added: Feb 20 2003 | Viewed: 738 times | Comments and analysis of Dream Song 97: Henry of Donnybrook bred like a pig by John Berryman Comments (0)


Dream Song 97: Henry of Donnybrook bred like a pig - Comments and Information

Poet: John Berryman
Poem: 97. Dream Song 97: Henry of Donnybrook bred like a pig
Volume: His Toy, His Dream, His Rest
Year: Published/Written in 1968
Poem of the Day: Mar 18 2007
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 97: Henry of Donnybrook bred like a pig, 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 © 2000-2008 Gunnar Bengtsson. All Rights Reserved. Links | Bookstore