"Into what carbonates"
Hopkins, Dickinson, Creeley, Boyer, Williams, Hill
Gerard Manley Hopkins:
Emily Dickinson:
Ashes denote that fire was; / Respect the grayest pile / For the departed creature's sake / That hovered there awhile. // Fire exists the first in light, / And then consolidates, / Only the chemist can disclose / Into what carbonates [+Respect]
Robert Creeley:
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Anne Boyer:
William Carlos Williams:
Andrew Hill, “Black Fire,” rec. 1963:
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