By Candle
Poem 27. This one is from 20 years ago when we lived in New York City. Sending you love and candlelight.
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By Edith Hope Bishop, April 2003
By Edith Hope Bishop, April 2003
one candle in a city apartment
after the turn of the twenty-first century
before dark even
before he gets home
one tiny ancient flame
saying / believe in this
and there is such a thing as history
and a promise
you can feel it/
after the turn of the twenty-first century
before dark even
before he gets home
one tiny ancient flame
saying / believe in this
and there is such a thing as history
and a promise
you can feel it/
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