Sharon Dolin
A Momentary Stay Against Confusion
Why not prolonged confusion
against a momentary stay
or a momentary confusion
against a longer stay
why not a momentary lay
against contusion
why choose clarity
over confusion
and the moment over
the continuing confusion of
every world’s stay
and why against
instead of for
a momentary stay for
confusion
confusing moments
for the staying.
Sharon Dolin is the author of six poetry collections, most recently, Manual for Living, published by the University of Pittsburgh Press in 2016. The recipient of a 2016 PEN/Heim Translation Fund grant, she directs and teaches in Writing About Art in Barcelona each June.
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