Vision
O my wife in her light silk gown a little church in the middle of church walking
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Sunday 9 April 1665.
Dave Bonta
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O my wife in her light silk gown a little church in the middle of church walking
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Sunday 9 April 1665.
In just three lines, the speaker watches his wife walk by in a light silk gown and sees something sacred. He calls her "a little church in the middle of church," a striking image that is easy to read two ways.
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