The landscape outside is tuned to a low D

"A strong song tows
us, long earsick.
Blind, we follow
rain slant, spray flick
to fields we do not know."

-Basil Bunting from Briggflatts

"You better believe in your self
(your
soul)
& go forth to battle."

-Charles Olson from Maximus

"How far gone
into my defect
am I?"

-Alice Notley from In the Pines