July 2012
3 posts
Structure and Style: It is not a word spoken,Few... →
structureandstyle:
It is not a word spoken, Few words are said; Nor even a look of the eyes Nor a bend of the head, But only a hush of the heart That has too much to keep, Only memories waking That sleep so light a sleep.
—Sara Teasdale
Special Guest Star Janet Dale* writes:
Even though her collection Love…
Structure and Style: Death and the Arkansas River →
structureandstyle:
Walking from the killing place, Walking in the mud, The bootsoles leave little hexes in the kitchen.
One summer there was a place Where everyone chewed dirt in their supper.
It was a place like an attic With a chest of orchids pressed in books. Men cleaned their fingernails In the moonlight.
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