Ruminant
high meadow the grazing of a kiss lost to sleep
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Sunday 24 May 1668
Dave Bonta
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high meadow the grazing of a kiss lost to sleep
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Sunday 24 May 1668
Three short lines hold a whole small drama. We begin in a high meadow, an open, quiet place, and then the poem moves to a kiss that is described as "grazing." That word does double work. It suggests a light, barely-there touch, the way lips might brush a cheek.
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