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Dew . . .


   


              should the next word
shelter it, cloud-like, or
support it, ruggedly

              a foggy horn repeated
now sustained as airplane and
heater
            a plane of sleep

              heat and sleep
words and waiting
to be together, together





These poems are included in Alice Notley's collection Early Works, edited by Nick Sturm and forthcoming from Fonograf Editions in February 2023.


Alice Notley is the author of over 40 books of poetry, including, most recently, Certain Magical Acts (2016), Eurynome's Sandals (2019), and For the Ride (2020). Entitled The Speak Angel Series, her latest collection of new material is forthcoming from Fonograf Editions in February 2023. She lives in Paris.