Monday, June 4, 2012

The Influence Of Inference









You see here
the influence
of inference

Moon on rippled
Stream

“Except as
and unless”





 





Lorine Niedecker:  From group of eleven poems entitled “HEAR AND SEE” (October 1967).

Upper: Albert Pinkham Ryder, Marine, 1890.

Lower, Albert Pinkham Ryder, Moonlight Marine, 1908.


4 comments:

  1. What a beautiful and tense poem..thank you for sharing it Curtis..

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  2. Visiting you blog always brings me back to what's important in life ... Thank you for all the time you put into it, Curtis.

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  3. You're both very kind. Thank you. I discovered Lorine Niedecker's poetry through examples published on Tom Clark's blog. What a poet she is; quiet surprises everywhere. I thought the Ryders suited the words. Curtis

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