Tanka
fall wind the rattle of a bold rat
poverty grown so great we have just one another
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Friday 9 August 1667.
Dave Bonta
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fall wind the rattle of a bold rat
poverty grown so great we have just one another
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Friday 9 August 1667.
The poem starts with a small, cold scene: autumn wind, and the rattle of a rat moving about somewhere nearby. The word "bold" matters. The rat isn't hiding or startled. It acts as though the place belongs to it, which hints that the people inside have little power over their own space.
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