Dogwood by Elizabeth Spires - The New Criterion

Poems

June 1998

Dogwood

by Elizabeth Spires

Burke

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Whiter than paper, whiter than snow,
whiter than the moon in its fullness,
whiter than clouds passing over,

I close my eyes and see white stars

hanging in the air of the backyard.

For weeks they are out there.

Whiter than music, whiter than bone,
whiter than ivory, whiter than hope,
whiter than prayer, whiter than a name,

Whitest of all white things in the world,

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Elizabeth Spires' new book of poems, The Wave-Maker, was published by Norton in July 2008.

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