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Re: “Decade”-Louise Gluck

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Subject: Re: “Decade”-Louise Gluck
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by: Will Dockery - Tue, 24 Oct 2023 13:47 UTC

Jordy C wrote:
> On Saturday, October 21, 2023 at 4:53:07 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
> > On Saturday, October 21, 2023 at 2:53:12 AM UTC-5, jdcha...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > > Decade
> > > —————
> > > What joy touches
> > > The solace of ritual? A void
> > >
> > > appears in the life
> > > A shock so deep, so terrible
> > > It’s force
> > > levels the perceived world You were
> > >
> > > a beast at the edge of its cave, only
> > > waking and sleeping Then
> > > The minute shift; the eye
> > >
> > > taken by something
> > > Spring: the unforeseen
> > > flooding the abyss
> > >
> > > And the life
> > > filling again. And finally
> > > a place
> > > Found for everything.”
> > >
> > > -Louise Gluck
> >
> > Good afternoon, and good choice, Jordy.
> >
> > Karla Rogers introduced the group to the poetry of Louise Gluck many years ago via her poem "April", which was a response to an L.G. poem.
> She is a marvelous poet, one of the greatest, Imo ❤️

Good morning my friend, again, absolutely agree.

😃

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Re: “Decade”-Louise Gluck	Will Dockery