The candle burns. It is so quiet you can hear it burn. Only I breathe. I hear that too.
Jorie Graham
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Reading to My Father; Boston Review (September/October 2015); Full authorized poem read at Academy of American Poets. Four complete consecutive sentences convey the vigil beside the speaker’s deceased father. 19 words; 6 remain in the 25-word source allowance. Published originally in Boston Review,
- Reading to My Father; Boston Review (September/October 2015)
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