Microcosm
in this little house a city built of dirt
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Tuesday 19 February 1667.
Dave Bonta
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in this little house a city built of dirt
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Tuesday 19 February 1667.
Three short lines, and a whole world opens up. The poem begins with something small, a "little house," and then tells us it holds "a city / built of dirt." The surprise is in the scale. A house is where one household lives, while a city is crowded with many lives, streets, and buildings.
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