Eclipse of the Moon by Mary Susanah Robbins - HTML preview

PLEASE NOTE: This is an HTML preview only and some elements such as links or page numbers may be incorrect.
Download the book in PDF, ePub, Kindle for a complete version.

this loveliest

 

fear, John Donne's best,

Miss Moore's intrepid quest after

courage is fear; caged birds

 

nest in as high

imagined sky.

my hungerraging, my laughter

look down on heaven. Words

 

try for eyesight;

through gritty light

sea's viscous purge, salt-tightened cord

sinews new-bound in blood.

 

might of terror.

fear of error

brings us to sing our frightened-toward-

cage bodies. What else should?

 

(Return to Contents)