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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A PALIMPSEST, by KATHERINE HARRIS BRADLEY Poet's Biography First Line: The rest / of our life must be a palimpsest Last Line: As 'mid moonbeams shifted through a cloud. Alternate Author Name(s): Field, Michael (with Edith Emma Cooper) Subject(s): Time | |||
... The rest Of our life must be a palimpsest— The old writing written there the best. In the parchment hoary Lies a golden story, As 'mid secret feathers of a dove, As 'mid moonbeams shifted through a cloud. Let us write it over, O my lover, For the far time to discover, As 'mid secret feathers of a dove, As 'mid moonbeams shifted through a cloud. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ELEVEN EYES: FINAL SECTION by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: COME OCTOBER by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: HOME by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN SLOWLY: I FREQUENTLY SLOWLY WISH by LYN HEJINIAN ALL THE DIFFICULT HOURS AND MINUTES by JANE HIRSHFIELD A DAY IS VAST by JANE HIRSHFIELD FROM THIS HEIGHT by TONY HOAGLAND CYCLAMENS by KATHERINE HARRIS BRADLEY |
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