My title “Distinctly Praise the Years . . . ” is taken from the final stanza of Hart Crane‘s extraordinary poem, “For the Marriage of Faustus and Helen“–
Distinctly praise the years, whose volatile
Blamed bleeding hands extend and thresh the height
The imagination spans beyond despair,
Outpacing bargain, vocable and prayer.
And the image in my header is cropped from a piece by Leslie Baum titled “hush.” It is one in a remarkable series of 12 watercolors collected as “Axis Mundi Drawings.”
Dear Caitlin Lowe, In my role as the editorial adviser to Zeteo (CUNY online), I may have a writing project that would interest you. Write me (please) at eaton0824 AT gmail DOT com. – Wm. Eaton