Lotic
the river and I ally on a one-way creed
being a body being water being mother to ice
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Friday 22 June 1666.
Dave Bonta
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the river and I ally on a one-way creed
being a body being water being mother to ice
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Friday 22 June 1666.
The title helps unlock this tiny poem. "Lotic" describes flowing water, like a river or stream, as opposed to still water like a pond. So the speaker is joining forces with something that never stops moving.
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