To the Editor:
Belatedly I noticed that there is a misprint in my poem, “Scene With Figure,” which appears in your January issue. The line you print as “Destroyed shriveled joy’s long raveled threads” should read: “Destroying shriveled joy’s long raveled threads.”
As you have it, both grammar and cadence are “destroyed.” If there is any way of calling the attention of your readers to the fact that I am not guilty of this awkwardness, I should be obliged.
Babette Deutsch
New York City
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