Boxes, Trunks, and Darkness 2

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"29  Boxes, Trunks, and Darkness (p. 2)   regrouped like grim survivors,  their tight-lipped knots,  uncompromising locks  resolute to not remember,  to clench tomorrow  breathless if need be,  crossing by the sea.  The darkness of it all put him to sleep, exhausted, his dinosaur set free to roam among its kind, unrealised by shape, by sound, in senses plain till claimed again by mortal memories drilled through.  1984 1987 "

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Poem written by Emanuel where he compares the intense darkness of a shadow to the ferocity of ancient dinosaurs. (Page 2)

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  • type
    Image
  • created on
  • file format
    jpg
  • file size
    650 kB
  • container title
    James A. Emanuel Papers
  • creator
    James A. Emanuel
  • issue
    BOX 4 FOLDER 26, "The Chopping Block (Selected Poems)," draft 1988 (1 of 2)
  • rights
    James A. Emanuel Estate
  • rights holder
    James A. Emanuel Estate
  • version
    Undated