“The Starry Night’’ (1889), by Vincent Van Gogh
“We walk tonight
in the valley of our bones.
Here no skin is stretched
on hollow wood,
no song except
the dry shake of our steps.’’
— From “The People Cannot Speak,’’ by T. Alan Broughton (1936-2013), American poet and pianist. He taught writing at the University of Vermont in 1966-2001.
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