I agree with Liz, Mark. And what a re-entry after your trip to Oz.
On another note, the way Liz quoted your poem is a good edit, IMHO. That's
where the music kicks in?
Best,
Frank
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Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 6:16 PM
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Subject: snapshot
The soil burned black. In places
an overlay of ash where a tree had been,
stretched in the direction of the wind,
as if the wind
had left its shadow in passing.
In other places
where there had been no wind
and a slow burn
a small circle, a dome
the color of bones,
perhaps an inch above the blackened soil,
the footprint of the missing tree
marked for the moment
(until the next wind)
by what the fire left.
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