Teaching Poetry at the School for the Blind
Their struggle to meet the image in the dark
is one we know-the storms, the hesitation-
but the shifting bridge they walk between idea
and braille's brief physical translation
reveals the sometimes lightness of our thoughts,
our casual groping for a better word,
as easy, slight as calling to our love
or remembering the chorus of a song we heard.
—Chelsea Rathburn
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From The Shifting Line (University of Evansville Press, 2005)