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Root Song
96 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1986
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January 22, 2022
Reading Cid Corman, one is struck by the truths he is trying to capture, and the simplicity with which he is trying to capture it. With Root Song, Corman accomplishes both...
Something else that may strike readers of Cid Corman is the frequency of untitled poems and absence of page numbers. I know he has written other untitled poems, but I don't know if his other collections are without page numbers. It adds to the simplicity of his style.
We return to
silence, hearing
each other shake.
We nod as if
to admit the
hopelessness of
being here is
too obvious.
We learn to stop
trembling, almost
laughing, only
at times the flesh
leaps from itself,
as if beyond
weeping or hope
something in us
loves us and would
not wholly break.
- The Control
Nobody forgets to die.
Some need to be reminded.
The hand you lifted from me
and placed upon your heart feels
how much I am moved in you,
how little an each each is.
- (Untitled)
What you are
I am. As if
to admit
the look in the
mirror of
the mirror. Not
nature to
be upheld - but
seen for what
it is: unseen
unless as
an edifice.
- (Untitled)
You sit there
at the bed's
edge and stare
at this man
trying to
sleep and you
say: Sleep, sleep...
But my dream
waits outside.
- (Untitled)
What in hell
do we think
we're doing
What am I -
to be clear -
up to here?
The Spirit
binds us and
releases
us. I am
trying to
say no more
than that I'm
trying to
say no more.
- (Untitled)
Something else that may strike readers of Cid Corman is the frequency of untitled poems and absence of page numbers. I know he has written other untitled poems, but I don't know if his other collections are without page numbers. It adds to the simplicity of his style.
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