Wake
After the ship the wake.
At the dock the girl sat alone
till it was so dark I could not see
what it is that I now write.
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Tuesday 5 August 1662.
Dave Bonta
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After the ship the wake.
At the dock the girl sat alone
till it was so dark I could not see
what it is that I now write.
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Tuesday 5 August 1662.
Dave Bonta's "Wake" is a tiny poem about being left with what's left over. The first two lines set up a double meaning: a ship's wake is the trail of disturbed water behind it, but a wake is also a gathering after a death. Either way, something has gone and only its aftermath is here.
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