Timeless
alder like an old man with a grey beard sleeping in the sun
river like a child that must find some other way to Why
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Wednesday 3 July 1667.
Dave Bonta
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alder like an old man with a grey beard sleeping in the sun
river like a child that must find some other way to Why
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Wednesday 3 July 1667.
Two short images sit side by side here: a tree and a river, each described as a person. The alder is an old man with a grey beard, dozing in the sun. He is still, settled, and seems to have nothing left to prove. The river, by contrast, is a child, always moving and always asking questions.
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