(Delta Theta 1961 by Morris Louis, 1912-1962, American
Abstract Expressionist painter)
A simple metaphor is often sufficient to express profound grief.
SEPARATION
Your absence has gone through me
Like a thread through a needle.
Everything I do is stitched with its color.
~ W. S. Merwin, born in 1927, American poet, essayist, and translator
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Interesting how he reveals loss or grief not as a negative, as of the empty place, but as a real and powerful presence.
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