Josh Simmons quoted A Responsibility to Awe by Rebecca Elson
Rebecca Elson's A Responsibility to Awe reissued as a Carcanet Classic
A Responsibility to Awe …
FUTURA VECCHIA, NEW YEAR’S EVE by Rebecca Elson
Returning, like the Earth To the same point in space, We go softly to the comfort of destruction, And consume in flames A school of fish, A pair of hens, A mountain poplar with its moss. A shiver of sparks sweeps round The dark shoulder of the Earth, Frisson of recognition, Preparation for another voyage, And our own gentle bubbles Float curious and mute Towards the black lake Boiling with light, Towards the sharp night Whistling with sound.