"along the wet fuse"
Dąbrowska, Matthews, Wright, Dickinson, Canetti
Krystyna Dąbrowska (tr. from Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones):
William Matthews:
Jay Wright:
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Emily Dickinson:
Best Witchcraft / is Geometry / To a magician’s / eye - / Emily
Elias Canetti (tr. from German by Michael Hargraves):
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I love this set because I appreciate creation myths built on the human body. Eyes as symbol of creation is lovely as is the last poem in the set referencing creation itself, whether I take the perspective of a high or low mimetic mode (Frye).