“The Quiver”
Come back dull and bloody all of you
let it hold the shame inside
itself like a helmet
bring a little soil each time
for a pillow
you aren’t as many as you were
—Frank Stanford
—from What About This: Collected Poems of Frank Stanford
“The Quiver”
Come back dull and bloody all of you
let it hold the shame inside
itself like a helmet
bring a little soil each time
for a pillow
you aren’t as many as you were
—Frank Stanford
—from What About This: Collected Poems of Frank Stanford
