a Great Poem

a Great Poem
september 13, 2024 ingeborg

 

 

your very flesh

shall be a great poem

and have the richest fluency

 

not only in its words

 

but in the silent lines

of its lips and face

 

and between the lashes

of your eyes

 

 

 

 

Walt Whitman, 1868

Art ~ Margaret Atwood by Tim Walker