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Tag: Linda Pastan

Posted on July 30, 2012July 30, 2012 by Dave Bonta

In the aftermath of a hurricane

Linda Pastan at Poetry Daily:

In the aftermath,
the hollies with
their green leaves lean
all the way over,
as though they were
listening for something
through a door
in the air.

How can we live without the unknown before us?   —Rene Char

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Via Negativa is a unique experiment in daily, poetic conversation with the living and the dead. Dave Bonta founded the site in 2003 and Luisa A. Igloria joined in 2010. Guest authors contribute as well. Dave writes daily erasure poems to discover the poetry hidden in the Diary of Samuel Pepys. Luisa has been writing and posting a poem a day since November 2010, often in response to Dave's entries at The Morning Porch. Collections of poems first published at Via Negativa include Luisa's The Buddha Wonders if She is Having a Mid-Life Crisis and Ode to the Heart Smaller than a Pencil Eraser, and Dave's Ice Mountain and Breakdown: Banjo Poems. Read more...

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