ein klage-himmel

The word that fits
would mime
the genesis.
--Michel Deguy

Saturday, June 30, 2018

Lascaux

A new poem at The American Journal of Poetry

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Tuesday, June 26, 2018

heron (6)

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James Owens: Ein Klage-Himmel, "a lament-heaven," from Rilke's "Orpheus. Eurydike. Hermes." Poetry's post-rupture, post-lapsus, post-death-of-Eurydice dream of recreating that primal world -- Eden, childhood, Orpheus's singing -- where word and thing were one.

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