Slung between the homely poplars at the end of the familiar avenue, the Great Bear in its lighted hammock swings, like a neglected gate that neither bars admission nor invites, hangs on the sagging pole its seven-pointed shape.


Omens of Disaster, Collected Shorter Poems, Volume I, Ursa Major - University of Salzburg. Salzburg, Austria. 1996

James Kirkup Quotes

Slung between the homely poplars at the end of the familiar avenue, the Great Bear in its lighted hammock swings, like a neglected gate that neither...

Slung between the homely poplars at the end of the familiar avenue, the Great Bear in its lighted hammock swings, like a neglected gate that neither...

Slung between the homely poplars at the end of the familiar avenue, the Great Bear in its lighted hammock swings, like a neglected gate that neither...

Slung between the homely poplars at the end of the familiar avenue, the Great Bear in its lighted hammock swings, like a neglected gate that neither...