Solo
if I learn to dance will the wind lose me in the garden will I prove a third wing
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Friday 28 September 1666.
Dave Bonta
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if I learn to dance will the wind lose me in the garden will I prove a third wing
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Friday 28 September 1666.
Three short lines, no punctuation, and all of them questions the speaker seems to be asking quietly of themselves. The title, "Solo," sets the scene: someone alone, thinking about learning to dance. But the poem is less about steps than about what might happen to the speaker if they take that risk.
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