CLARE NEEDHAM

SOUND OF SENSE

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“Look at songbirds, how they’re only / around so our dead might appear to us as them / and thereby avoid the shame of recurring as objects.” — Natalie Shapero

“Saw a street in hell and one in paradise.” — Charles Simic

“Nature / reflecting art: something to that effect. / My friend found the image potent.” — Louise Glück

“black cloud / white sky / hesitation // black cloud / white sky / bliss” — Eileen Myles

“To picture every moment as a site of surveillance, blue glow / An auric egg around the sweet nights / and the concealed” — Hanae Jonas

“Goodbye, / little red arrow in the town of Beit Jala that signals down / a narrow, shadowed street and says simply Triumph.” — Robin Myers