Failure of Communion

Judith WrightJudith Wright

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What is the space between,
enclosing us in one
united person, yet
dividing each alone.Frail bridges cross from eye
to eye, from flesh to flesh,
from word to word: the net
is gapped at every mesh,and this each human knows:
however close our touch
or intimate our speech,
silences, spaces reach
most deep, and will not close.
Judith Wright
About the poet

Judith Wright

1915-2000/Australian After graduating from the Univ. of Sydney, Judith Arundell Wright worked variously as a clerk, secretary, and statistician. She is regarded as one of the most important Australian writers of the 20th cent. Her lyric poetry is marked by se…

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