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Ted Hughes

In the beginning was Scream
Who begat Blood
Who begat Eye
Who begat Fear
Who begat Wing
Who begat Bone
Who begat Granite
Who begat Violet
Who begat Guitar
Who begat Sweat
Who begat Adam
Who begat Mary
Who begat God
Who begat Nothing
Who begat Never
Never Never Never

Who begat Crow

Screaming for Blood
Grubs, crusts

Anything

Trembling featherless elbows in the nest's filth 

Next 10 Poems

• Ted Hughes : Lovesong
• Ted Hughes : Old Age Gets Up
• Ted Hughes : September
• Ted Hughes : The Harvest Moon
• Ted Hughes : The Minotaur
• Ted Hughes : The Owl
• Ted Hughes : The Thought-fox
• Ted Hughes : The Warm And The Cold
• Ted Hughes : Theology
• Ted Hughes : Thistles

Previous 10 Poems

• Ted Hughes : How To Paint A Water Lily
• Ted Hughes : Hawk Roosting
• Ted Hughes : Full Moon And Little Frieda
• Ted Hughes : Examination At The Womb-door
• Ted Hughes : Earth-moon
• Ted Hughes : Crow's Nerve Fails
• Ted Hughes : Crow's Fall
• Ted Hughes : Bride And Groom Lie Hidden For Three Days
• Ted Hughes : A Woman Unconscious
• Alfred Edward Housman : You Smile Upon Your Friend To-day