as one makes stone disappear under grass.
makes them disappear, like a stone under the grass
Obscures their darkness, like a rock in grass.
Covers it, like a stone covered in grass.
Annuls it, as a stone is drowned in grass.
as one might hide a stone in grass
- a stanza from Rachel Blau DuPlessis' _Copying_
Rachel Blau DuPlessis will read at the Morden Tower, Back Stowell Street,
Newcastle upon Tyne at 8.00pm on Friday 27th March. Known for her writings
on feminist poetics (_The Pink Guitar_, Routledge 1990 and others) and on
writers such as H.D. and George Oppen, her own poetry has a significant
following. Jackson MacLow wrote: "Rachel Blau DuPlessis's _Drafts 3-14 is
maximal poetry. Her rich and manifold range of reference and expression -
emotional, intellectual, and observational - is illuminated through a
dazzling array of techniques. These poems never let us settle down and
never let us down. Strong feeling, complex thought, precise observation, a
superb technique - what more do we need?"
RC
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