Friday, 8 September 2017

Poetry Friday: “Russian Bell”

In this stirring poem by Anya Silver, the bell becomes a blueprint. First, the bell shape is transposed on her own body dangling freely in the “arc and blur” of a rope swing. Then, it becomes her open mouth and uvula. And, finally, we see the heart as a shattered peony (“unpeeling, pealing”) dropping petals […]

from
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/goodletters/2017/09/poetry-friday-russian-bell/

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