This Heavy Craft by Canadian Poet P.K. Page

This Heavy Craft

The wax has melted
but the dream of flight
persists.
I, Icarus, though grounded
in my flesh
have one bright section in me
where a bird
night after starry night
while I’m asleep
unfolds its phantom wings
and practices.

— P.K. Page

The National Film Board made a 38 minute video about her: Still Waters: The Poetry of P.K. Page (1990).

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For Hafiz the role of an enlightened poet is to connect humanity with the joy of the divine | The Uncarved Blog Says:
July 16, 2014 at 2:12 am | Reply
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