Friday, June 26, 2009

Nestbuilding














 

Morning: Lorine Niedecker,
American Poet (1903-1970)

Lorine,

in our thickly
twinned cy-

presses,

the ooh-ah-
ooh of mating

mourning doves
call your

You
ah you

here.

(First published in Poetry Salzburg Review #2, Autumn 2002.)

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2 comments:

  1. gerry boydJuly 3, 2009 at 10:18 PM

    Great music, line breaks, and rhythm in this. Very moving. Bravo!

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  2. vazambam (Vassilis Zambaras)July 4, 2009 at 3:02 PM

    Gerry,

    Hope this gets through to you--having massive difficulties with Blogger. Thanks for the comments and for following!

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