A Song

for Ann I had wanted a quiet testament and I had wanted, among other things, a song. That was to be of a like monotony. (A grace Simply. Very very quiet. A murmur of some lost thrush, though I [...]

I Know a Man

As I sd to my friend, because I am always talking, — John, I sd, which was not his name, the darkness sur- rounds us, what can we do against it, or else, shall we & why not, buy a goddamn big [...]

After Lorca

for M. Marti The church is a business, and the rich are the business men. When they pull on the bells, the poor come piling in and when a poor man dies, he has a wooden cross, and they rush [...]

The Window

Position is where you put it, where it is, did you, for example, that large tank there, silvered, with the white church along- side,lift all that, to what purpose? How heavy the slow world is [...]

The Rhythm

It is all a rhythm, from the shutting door, to the window opening, the seasons, the sun’s light, the moon, the oceans, the growing of things, the mind in men personal, recurring in them again, [...]