Strange Type by Malcolm Lowry

 Strange Type 

by Malcolm Lowry

I wrote "in the dark cavern of our birth."

The printer had it tavern, which seems better.

But herein lies the subject of our mirth,

Since on the next page death appear as dearth.

So it may be that God's word was distraction,

Which to our strange type appears destruction,

Which is bitter.

On This Day (09/11):

• 2025-09-11: Strange Type by Malcolm Lowry
• 2024-09-11: Canine superpowers by Michael Kleber-Diggs
• 2024-09-11: Scrapbook for September and October 2024
• 2023-09-11: Jane Hirshfield ""Works & Loves""
• 2022-09-11: There are Birds Here by Jamaal May
• 2021-09-11: Virtue is the True Nobility
• 2018-09-11: Teachers and the First Amendment