Read the excerpt from the song, “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?”They used to tell me I was building a dream With peace and glory ahead— These lines emphasize the pre-Great Depression belief that
Read the lines from The Elements of San Joaquín.When the season ends,And the onions are unplugged from their sleep,We won’t forget what you failed to see,And nothing will healUnder the rain’s broken fingers.
Read the lines from The Elements of San Joaquín.In June the sun is a bonnet of lightComing up,Little by little,From behind a skyline of pine. The pastures sway with fiddle-neck,Tassels of foxtail. At PiedraA couple fish on the river’s edge,Their shadows deep against the water.
Read this excerpt from Diane Di Prima’s poem "Buddhist New Year Song."I could see the planet from which we had comeI could not remember (then) what our purpose wasbut remembered the name Mahakala, in the dawnin the dawn confronted Shiva, the cold lightrevealed the “mindborn” worldsWhat is the purpose of these allusions in this excerpt?
What feeling is conveyed in both “Ambush” and “Facing It”?
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