Niedecker / EDWARD DORN
The strict eye
of sparrowhawk evenly
in her survey of reality
The firm bone of the woman
at the well
The line of a simply exquisite rope
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Epitaphs for Lorine
Jargon 74
Thirty-two poets celebrate
Lorine Niedecker (1903-1970)
The Jargon Society, 1973
I took this book out of the new, tall and very narrow
built-in bookcase I built in our bedroom and saw it was
ideal for the tiniest books in my library, and this little gem
I often return to from Jargon fit the bill. I built the bookcase
a week before Christmas 2020 the same time I was finishing
an equally tall and narrow jewelry cabinet for Sweeheart. Both
situated left and right of the doorjamb of our bedroom. As a
builder, I like that little forgotten space where the likes of jewelry,
tiny books (and I have many) and even CDs where long ago I built
two cabinets for all my Blues CDs left and right of the doorjamb
in the living room. It's wasted space until you discover it. The above
Dorn poem knows all about space — sparrowhawk, woman, rope.
[ BA ]
[ Ian Hamilton Finlay ]
