The Despairing Man Draws a Serpent
Thomas Merton, “The Despairing Man Draws a Serpent” from Emblems of a Season of Fury. New York: New Directions, 1963. Copyright 1977 by The Trustees of the Merton Legacy Trust. Reprinted by permission of New Directions Publishing Corporation.
Source: The Collected Poems of Thomas Merton (1977)
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Poet Pablo Antonio Cuadra
Subjects Living, Disappointment & Failure, Nature, Relationships, Men & Women, Animals
Poetic Terms Free Verse
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SUBJECT Living, Disappointment & Failure, Nature, Relationships, Men & Women, Animals
Poetic Terms Free Verse
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