Keeping Things Whole
Mark Strand
I am the absence
of field.
This is
always the case.
Wherever I am
I am what is missing.
When I walk
I part the air
and always
the air moves in
to fill the spaces
where my body’s been.
We all have reasons
for moving.
I move
to keep things whole.
Absolutely love this! What else should I read of his, I'm not familiar with his work.
ReplyDeleteI haven't read much of his work, but here's a good place to start: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=6621 Don't bother with the audio poems, though - I was not impressed. "The Dreadful Has Already Happened” is pretty good and weird, "Courtship" is not for the faint of heart, and "My Life" is good, too.
ReplyDeleteAlso this... http://mattquarterman.blogspot.com/2010/07/poetry-is-dead-is-dead.html
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