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William Burford

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Nuns at an Airport

Autumn 1962 | Poetry

They themselves, in theirFlaming robes, winged headdressesHolding the rail at the edgeOf the great world of air Almost ascendOn the rushing windThey stand againstWith ecstatic faces Pale-cheeked, partakingOf the Creation—Black-robed these Muses [...]