Mutter¹

ohoyaho ohoo2 ho ho3
tum-ti-
tum ti-tum-tum-tum4 ti-lill-o5
ohoyaho ohoo2 ho ho
no rou-cou no rou-cou-cou
ki-ki-ri-ki3
ohoyaho ohoo2 ho ho3
tum-ti-tum ti4

— Joshua St. Claire


from poems in Wallace Stevens’ “Harmonium”

1 “Explanation”
2 “Life is Motion”
3 “Depression Before Spring”
4 “Ploughing on Sunday”
5 “The Ordinary Women”




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