In tent
no book to satisfy my red or green ear
the present is my tune for the night
in my new lodging a fine tent
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Tuesday 4 May 1669.
Dave Bonta
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no book to satisfy my red or green ear
the present is my tune for the night
in my new lodging a fine tent
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Tuesday 4 May 1669.
A speaker has made camp for the night and, with no book to read, finds something simpler to listen to. The poem opens with a small admission: nothing on hand will satisfy "my red or green ear." That odd phrase suggests an ear that wants different kinds of stimulation, perhaps like ripe and unripe…
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