The appeal to heaven breaks off. The petals begin to fall, … - Galway Kinnell

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The appeal to heaven breaks off.
The petals begin to fall, in self-forgiveness.
It is a flower. On this mountainside it is dying.

Galway Kinnell

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Galway Kinnell (born February 1, 1927, in Providence, Rhode Island – October 28, 2014) is one of the most influential American poets of the latter half of the 20th century.

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Alternative Names: Galway Mills Kinnell • Bob Fawcett

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from the fourteen teats into the fourteen mouths sucking and blowing beneath them:
the long, perfect loveliness of sow.

A boy's hunched body loved out of a stalk
The first song of his happiness, and the song woke
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and coil it up
and freeze it in blubber and place it out
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The appeal to heaven breaks off. The petals begin to fall, in self-forgiveness. It is a flower. On this mountainside it is dying. - Galway Kinnell

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