August 30, 2016
“The Mind Is an Enchanting Thing”
“like the apteryx-awl
as a beak, or the
kiwi’s rain-shawl
of haired feathers, the mind
feeling its way as though blind,
walks along with its eyes on the ground.”
–The Nation, 157 (December 1943), 250-251
Moore gave Louise Crane a manuscript copy of this poem and at the bottom of the page, traced the image of a kiwi from a Kiwi Boot Polish Can, including the word “waterproof.”
Here is the original apteryx, also known as a kiwi,
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