Typo apart this is as interesting as it is sad (not in the modern sense of
the word though).
bw
James
>From: grasshopper <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: New Sub: Great heart (typo corrected)
>Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 01:59:34 -0000
>
>Apologies, sent this off with a typo....
>
>
> Great heart
>
>When your great heart
>ceased beating, I think
>there was a silence
>in the sky, an long echo
>of the pulse suspended,
>and then a circled sigh
>of termination from
>the stars and spheres.
>
>When your great heart
>ceased beating, I think
>there was a shadow
>in the spectrum, a fading
>of peacock falls and flowers,
>a dimming of all colours
>as if nature's palette
>ran with sullen tears
>
>When your great heart
>ceased beating, I think
>there was a fragrance
>in the air, of precious attar
>burning, of frankincense
>and rosewood fuming
>from a pyre of dreams.
>
>When your great heart
>ceased beating, I know
>there was an emptiness.
>A grey and sudden chamber
>opened in the tower
>with a sampler spelling
>Nothing is as certain
>as it seems.
>
> grasshopper
bw
James
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