Boyle, Kay. EXCERPT FROM A LONG POEM FOR SAMUEL BECKETT: On The Death of Alan Schneider.
$1,250.00
Undated but circa early1980s. Two-page typescript with occasional holograph emendations.
Boyle invokes the American Indian's animistic belief toward mortality in incantatory rhythms. "Hearken," the Pawnee heralds each new stanza, "Hearken ... to weep while the fires go unlit is to question the cycle of the seasons ... So must the spirits be set free of the remembrance of the habitual trails. Do not ask them to carry a burden of longing with them."
Some 300 plaintive words, This excerpt from the poem remains unpublished. Boyle has inscribed the typescript to a friend: "With all good wishes and in appreciation." Fine