Tortoise's Wimple Poem by Douglas Scotney
Tortoise's Wimple
Re that skin
that a tortoise slowly turns its head in
and slowly draws its head forward from
and rests its head half out of:
I wonder was it simple
for D H Lawrence
to call that skin its wimple?
Sunday, May 8, 2022
Topic(s) of this poem: question,language,wonder,animal
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
8.5.22. Lawrence's poem 'Baby Tortoise'. My dictionary only says it's: a cloth headdress covering the head, neck, and the sides of the face, formerly worn by women and still worn by some nuns.
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