Locations and Times
LOCATIONS and times—what is it in me that meets them all, whenever and wherever, and makes me at home? Forms, colors, densities, odors—what is it in me that corresponds with them?
identity
belonging
lyric poem
austere
Locations and Times - meaning Summary
Perceiving Self at Home
The poem asks how the self consistently encounters and belongs to every place and moment. The speaker wonders what inner capacity allows them to be "at home" wherever they go, and what enables sensory resonance with forms, colors, textures, and smells. It’s a brief, reflective probe into identity as an open, responsive presence that corresponds with the external world rather than a fixed, isolated subject.
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