Elizabeth Bishop Quote

Time to plant tears, says the almanac.
The grandmother sings to the marvelous stove and the child draws another inscrutable house.


Sestina (1965)


Time to plant tears, says the almanac. The grandmother sings to the marvelous stove and the child draws another inscrutable house.

Time to plant tears, says the almanac. The grandmother sings to the marvelous stove and the child draws another inscrutable house.

Time to plant tears, says the almanac. The grandmother sings to the marvelous stove and the child draws another inscrutable house.

Time to plant tears, says the almanac. The grandmother sings to the marvelous stove and the child draws another inscrutable house.