"Tragic the black impenetrable distance / wherever she moonless lives" has a very satisfying resonance with one of Eliot's Four Quartos ("Burnt Norton" I think?). Two beautiful poems.
Thank you so much for the honor of being in this issue and for pairing me today with Paula’s beautiful poem. I’ve reread it several times and it grows more luminous with every visit.
"Tragic the black impenetrable distance / wherever she moonless lives" has a very satisfying resonance with one of Eliot's Four Quartos ("Burnt Norton" I think?). Two beautiful poems.
Indeed. “Time and the bell have buried the day, / The black cloud carries the sun away…”
The line I had in mind was "ridiculous the waste sad time / stretching before and after."
Thank you so much for the honor of being in this issue and for pairing me today with Paula’s beautiful poem. I’ve reread it several times and it grows more luminous with every visit.
We are honored to have you both!