Sunday, May 3, 2009 at 12:23PM
Alex in A POEM FOR YOU

WILDERNESS

You are the man
You are my other country
and I find it hard going

You are the prickly pear
You are the sudden violent storm

the torrent to raise the river
to float the wounded doe

— Lorine Niedecker

Article originally appeared on This Recording (http://thisrecording.com/).