Sample Poems
CANCER AND NOVA
The star exploding in the body;
The creeping thing, growing in the brain or the bone;
The hectic cannibal, the obscene mouth.
The mouths along the meridian sought him,
Soft as moths, many a moon and sun,
Until one
In a pale fleeing dream caught him.
Waking, he did not know himself undone,
Nor walking, smiling, reading that the news was good,
The star exploding in his blood.
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Please note that Hyam Plutzik’s work is copyrighted and cannot be generally reprinted without permission from his estate which is administered by his wife, Tanya Plutzik. Copies of the poems however, may be printed out for purposes of study, with special permission given to teachers of poetry to make copies in duplicate.
Please note that Hyam Plutzik’s work is copyrighted and cannot be generally reprinted without permission from his estate which is administered by his wife, Tanya Plutzik. Copies of the poems however, may be printed out for purposes of study, with special permission given to teachers of poetry to make copies in duplicate.