Poetry written by John Berryman (4)

  1. Winter Landscape
  2. The Traveller
  3. The Ball Poem
  4. The Curse

Winter Landscape

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The three men coming down the winter hill
In brown, with tall poles and a pack of hounds
At heel, through the arrangement of the trees,
Past the five figures at the burning …

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Popularity: 43%


The Traveller

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They pointed me out on the highway, and they said
‘That man has a curious way of holding his head.’

They pointed me out on the beach; they said ‘That man
Will never …

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Popularity: 20%

The Ball Poem

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What is the boy now, who has lost his ball,
What, what is he to do? I saw it go
Merrily bouncing, down the street, and then
Merrily over—there it is in the …

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Popularity: 27%

The Curse

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Cedars and the westward sun.
The darkening sky. A man alone
Watches beside the fallen wall
The evening multitudes of sin
Crowd in upon us all.
For when the light fails they begin
Nocturnal sabotage among
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Popularity: 20%



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