Elizabeth Jennings Quote

Since clarity suggests simplicity And since the simple thing is here inapt, I choose obscurities of tongue and touch, The shadow side of language and the dark Hinted in conversations close to quarrel, Conceived within the mind in aftermaths.


Song for a Birth or a Death (1961). The Counterpart


Since clarity suggests simplicity And since the simple thing is here inapt, I choose obscurities of tongue and touch, The shadow side of language and ...

Since clarity suggests simplicity And since the simple thing is here inapt, I choose obscurities of tongue and touch, The shadow side of language and ...

Since clarity suggests simplicity And since the simple thing is here inapt, I choose obscurities of tongue and touch, The shadow side of language and ...

Since clarity suggests simplicity And since the simple thing is here inapt, I choose obscurities of tongue and touch, The shadow side of language and ...