This iceberg cuts its facets from within.
Like jewelry from a grave
it saves itself perpetually and adorns
only itself.


'The Imaginary Iceberg' (1946)

Elizabeth Bishop Quotes

This iceberg cuts its facets from within. Like jewelry from a grave it saves itself perpetually and adorns only itself.

This iceberg cuts its facets from within. Like jewelry from a grave it saves itself perpetually and adorns only itself.

This iceberg cuts its facets from within. Like jewelry from a grave it saves itself perpetually and adorns only itself.

This iceberg cuts its facets from within. Like jewelry from a grave it saves itself perpetually and adorns only itself.