This poem is taken from PN Review 261, Volume 48 Number 1, September - October 2021.
Winter Cadae
1.
In winter
We
Are near freezing
Both
In body and mind,
But the thought of cycles consoles us.
A verse
Like this tries to rehearse
The formula, thus:
Unconfined
Ratio of growth
In the yearly return of Spring;
Periphery of Persephone/
Diameter, Demeter.
2.
Pale moon, our
Friend,
How you coldly
Stare
From your battlements
At our blood and tides, without concern,
...
In winter
We
Are near freezing
Both
In body and mind,
But the thought of cycles consoles us.
A verse
Like this tries to rehearse
The formula, thus:
Unconfined
Ratio of growth
In the yearly return of Spring;
Periphery of Persephone/
Diameter, Demeter.
2.
Pale moon, our
Friend,
How you coldly
Stare
From your battlements
At our blood and tides, without concern,
...
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