I am drawn to music with lyrics in languages I don’t understand, which allows me to hear, unmediated by meaning, the emotional synthesis and counterpoint of sound. Two of my favorites are Trio Mediaeval from Norway, and Mariza from Portugal. Isn’t our work as writers similar? We choose our words, not just for meaning, but for what their sounds make us feel.
— Jane C. Miller is the author of Canticle for Remnant Days (2024) and coauthor of Walking the Sunken Boards (2019), both published by Pond Road Press. Her poetry has appeared in RHINO, Colorado Review, UCity Review, Bear Review and elsewhere. She coedits the online poetry journal, quartet. www.janecmiller.com.
You can read Jane C. Miller's poem in Issue 302 Winter 2024. Order the issue now:
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