J. H. Prynne Quote

The social cohesion
of towns is our newer ligature,
and the binding, you must see, is
the rule for connection, where we
are licensed to expect. That's
the human city, & we are
now at the edge of it

Poems (Second Edition, 2005), p. 57, "Bronze: Fish"

The social cohesion of towns is our newer ligature, and the binding, you must see, is the rule for connection, where we are licensed to expect....

The social cohesion of towns is our newer ligature, and the binding, you must see, is the rule for connection, where we are licensed to expect....

The social cohesion of towns is our newer ligature, and the binding, you must see, is the rule for connection, where we are licensed to expect....

The social cohesion of towns is our newer ligature, and the binding, you must see, is the rule for connection, where we are licensed to expect....