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Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Admiration I

This is a poem I admire. I wish I could tell you which book it came from; at this moment I cannot.



High Country Canticle                                                by Charles Wright
The shroud has no pockets, the northern Italians say.
Let go, live your life,
the grave has no sunny corners —
Deadfall and windfall, the aphoristic undertow
Of high water, deep snow in the hills,
Everything's benediction, bright wingrush of grace.

Spring moves through the late May heat
as though someone were poling it.