Wednesday, August 5, 2009

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just got back from a poetry reading by John Burnside.

AMOR VINCIT OMNIA (LOVE CONQUERS ALL)


What we need now

is fog;


fog, and the pincushion baize

of pine trees

like the trees in Chinese paintings.


What we need now is distance and local tradition;

the breve of italic; the minim of untold love;


a new vocabulary

of now-or-never:


names for the things we have lost,

         so we know what to mourn.

2 comments:

  1. Keep digging Kate!

    Is it okay that I giggled when I read that you had a magnificent view of Arthur's Seat. Who the heck is Arthur and just how big is his seat?
    I know...a really big hill...not a guy...

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  2. I posted that comment under the wrong item...I'm a sucky blogger poster.

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