"the dew is bowing down the grass"
Creeley, Mistral, Williams, Auden, Svoboda, Dickinson
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Robert Creeley:
Gabriela Mistral (tr. from Spanish by Ursula K. Le Guin):
C.K. Williams:
W.H. Auden:
Terese Svoboda:
Emily Dickinson:
Shame is the shawl/of Pink/In which we wrap/the Soul/ To keep it from/infesting Eyes—/The elemental Veil/ Which helpless Nature/drops/When pushed opon/ a scene/Repugnant to her/probity—//Shame is the tint/divine—
Dickinson does it again, tersely illuminating the source and focus of shame. The C.K. Williams caught me off guard with its insightful resolution -- we should all aim for such clarity. And the Robert Creeley simply pleased me.
Fascinating selection!