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The Total Night In Myself

October 8, 2020 by Beth Reninger Leave a Comment

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stars above pine trees

Love Song

Like the hills under
dusk
you fall away
from the light:

you deepen: the green
light darkens
and you are nearly lost:

only so much light as
stars keep
manifests your face:

I feel the total night
in myself rave
for the light along your lips.

 

Love Song (2)

Rings of birch bark
stand in the woods
still circling the nearly

vanished log: after
we are gone to pass
through log and star

these white songs will
hug us together in the
wilderness of some lover’s head.

~ A.R. Ammons

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