Two Poems: Closing Time and Two Routes
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Two Poems: Closing Time and Two Routes — complete local selection with teaching and discussion support.
Read each complete poem aloud, then paraphrase its sentences before interpreting imagery. A speaker is a constructed voice; neither poem documents a particular poet’s life.
Closing Time The last lamp makes a small warm shore. A reader folds the corner straight. Outside, the rain rehearses more; inside, a clock insists on late. We shut the book but keep the place. The wet road shines with borrowed light. A window briefly holds a face, then leaves the face to walk through night.
Two Routes You choose the road that names each hill. I choose the path beside the stream. Your map can tell us where to turn; mine shows a bridge beneath a seam. At dusk we spread them on the floor. Two folds, one crossing, different names. The missing line is not the world. The world is wider than our frames.
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