Death

Stone, John

Primary Category: Literature / Poetry

Genre: Poem

Annotated by:
Chen, Irene
Aull, Felice
  • Date of entry: Jun-25-2004

Summary

The author has witnessed both prolonged dying, occurring "slowly as rust"; and sudden, unexpected death, as "find[ing] the doorknob come loose in his hand."

Miscellaneous

Also published in Stone's collection, Music from Apartment 8: New and Selected Poems (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State Univ. Press, 2004)

Primary Source

In All This Rain

Publisher

Louisiana State Univ. Press

Place Published

Baton Rouge, La.

Edition

1980