Meadow
meadow like a lush face full of pains and answers
and the ridge where you and I would lie all night
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Monday 17 July 1665.
Dave Bonta
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meadow like a lush face full of pains and answers
and the ridge where you and I would lie all night
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Monday 17 July 1665.
Two short stanzas, two landscapes, and a quiet shift between them. The poem opens by comparing a meadow to a face, a "lush" one, rich and full, yet also "full of pains and answers." That's a striking mix. The meadow isn't simply pretty.
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