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Brunch Poems with Vivian Eyre: Elizabeth Bishop at Floyd Memorial Library

January 27, 2017 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Free

“The art of losing isn’t hard to master;
so many things seem filled with the intent
to be lost that their loss is no disaster.
Lose something every day. Accept the fluster
of lost door keys, the hour badly spent.
The art of losing isn’t hard to master.
Then practice losing farther, losing faster:
places, and names, and where it was you meant
to travel. None of these will bring disaster.
I lost my mother’s watch. And look! my last, or
next-to-last, of three loved houses went.
The art of losing isn’t hard to master.
I lost two cities, lovely ones. And, vaster,
some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent.
I miss them, but it wasn’t a disaster.
— Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture
I love) I shan’t have lied. It’s evident
the art of losing’s not too hard to master
though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster

                                   — Elizabeth Bishop

Details

Date:
January 27, 2017
Time:
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Cost:
Free
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Venue

Floyd Memorial Library
539 First Street
Greenport, NY 11944 United States
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Phone:
631.477.0660