Salt
all morning in her hands a sea with one fish
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Friday 15 November 1661.
Dave Bonta
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all morning in her hands a sea with one fish
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Friday 15 November 1661.
Two short lines hold a surprisingly full picture. A woman, the "her" of the poem, has spent the whole morning with something in her hands, and the poem describes it as "a sea with one fish." The title, "Salt," nudges us toward a likely reading: she may be carrying a bowl or pan of salt water, or…
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