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After the Lecture by R.S. Thomas
I am asking the difficult question. I need help. I’m not asking from ill will. I have no desire to see you coping Or not coping with unmanageable coils Of a problem frivolously called up I’ve read your books, had glimpses of a climate That is rigorous, though not too hard For the spirit. I may have grown Since reading them; there is no scale To judge by, neither is the soul Measurable. I know all the tropes Of religion, how God is not there To go to; how time is wha
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Failing and Flying by Jack Gilbert
Everyone forgets that Icarus also flew. It's the same when love comes to an end, or the marriage fails and people say they knew it was a...
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THE WEED by Elizabeth Bishop
I dreamed that dead, and meditating, I lay upon a grave, or bed, (at least, some cold and close-built bower). In the cold heart, its...
Apr 11, 20212 min read


As Good as Anything, by Alice Notley
I don't see the point of remembering you; you're too boring, Iowa City, Iowa, much duller topologically than Needles, California. I'm...
Mar 20, 20212 min read


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