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John Gardner

Poetry

Autumn/ September 1969

Frankenstein

By John Gardner

(August 26th, 17—) The myth is unchained: it staggers north, insane. A ghost of lightning glows in its eyes; its slow hands close in wrath like child’s hands seizing flowers. […]

Poetry

Autumn/ September 1969

Bon Voyage

By John Gardner

One does not just pick up one’s long feet, flatten the wings of one’s hat and go (eyes wide, beak forward, driving like an ax). There are rituals to these […]