Orchard
a field of orange and lemon trees by the house
like the whole body to a hand
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Monday 17 August 1668
Dave Bonta
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a field of orange and lemon trees by the house
like the whole body to a hand
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Monday 17 August 1668
Two short images sit side by side here: a field of orange and lemon trees beside a house, and then, set apart, a comparison that doesn't quite say what is being compared. The poem leaves a gap, and the reader fills it.
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