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Variation on a Theme by Rilke
(The Book of Hours, Book I, Poem 1, Stanza 1)
A certain day became a presence to me;
there it was, confronting me--a sky, air, light:
a being. And before it started to descend
from the height of noon, it leaned over
and struck my shoulder as if with
the flat of a sword, granting me
honor and a task. The day's blow
rang out, metallic--or it was I, a bell awakened,
and what I heard was my whole self
saying and singing what it knew: I can.
---Denise Levertov
elizabeth j.
cooper
Office: Hibbs 315
Phone:828-1331
Email: ecooper@vcu.edu
Mailing address:
Department of English
Box 84-2005
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA 23284-2005
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