Saturday, May 6, 2017

Rilke, Sonnets to Orpheus, 7b

Based on the Rilke erasures posted here a few days ago.

Here are five erasure stanzas.


Flowers
arranging hands
once more restore you

still easy for them
given
to them


Touched
hands of girls
commencing death
feeling fingers
in the jug
as a sign again

Lying
streaming
as you foresaw

tired from
girl warmth
dark that you are

Perhaps from
wanting
possible

as you recover
like confessions
tired sins

Garden table
edge to edge
water gathered
more
plucking
bound to bloom