WORK IN PROGRESS
“What’s ragged should be left ragged.” Wittgenstein, Culture and Value, 45.
In the pale Spring air
echo steady hammer blows
from high roofers. At
my feet swirl lucent
blossoms from the pear. Look up,
look down: the whole world
is background for this
and this! All’s subspecie
aeternitatis.
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Tom D'Evelyn is a private editor and writing tutor in Cranston RI and, thanks to the web, across the US and in the UK. He can be reached at tom.develyn@comcast.net. D'Evelyn has a PhD in Comparative Literature from UC Berkeley. Before retiring he held positions at The Christian Science Monitor, Harvard University Press, Boston University and Brown University. He ran a literary agency for ten years, publishing books by Leonard Nathan and Arthur Quinn, among others. Before moving to Portland OR he was managing editor at Single Island Press, Portsmouth NH. He blogs at http://tdevelyn.com and other sites.
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