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a color change in the sea at evening setting my books in order
Erasure haiku derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Friday 21 October 1664.
Dave Bonta
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a color change in the sea at evening setting my books in order
Erasure haiku derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Friday 21 October 1664.
Three short lines hold two quiet actions side by side: the sea changes color as evening arrives, and the speaker puts their books in order. The poem never says the two are connected, but placing them together invites us to feel that they are.
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