Liberators

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Dave Bonta

erasure of a page from Samuel Pepys' diary

Chance came, Charles came
carried in a basket.
They command the sea to free the water
and the prison to be set at liberty,
and a brave eight voices made words:
domine salvum fac something
gavel glory rang spong!
And Christ free the rest.


Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Tuesday 21 February 1659/60.

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3 Responses to Liberators

  1. marly youmans says:
    February 22, 2013 at 6:04 pm

    Maybe you should leave Spong in caps… In (weird) context, I can’t help but think of the controversial Bishop Spong…

  2. marly youmans says:
    February 23, 2013 at 8:53 am

    Hah! Well, I figured you would notice–impossible for a lot of readers not to notice it! And yes, it has a wonderful odd sound and is suggestive in the way of a Carrollian portmanteau word.

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