Sitting on the dock of the bay

Dave BontaContemplative

Early in the morning, the sea’s grammar and diction please me, exceeding all joy. I weary of company. The papers thin.

Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Wednesday 13 March 1660/61.

Dave Bonta
SourceLicence:CC BY-SA 4.0
Mood:
Contemplative
Topics:
solitude, morning, sea, paper

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