Glad you enjoyed this one. No word missing in the last line. It is meant to
be abrupt.


bw
James





>From: Christina Fletcher <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: New Sub: Virgil Speaks To Dante On Emerging From The Inferno
>Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 07:20:20 EST
>
>Not having read either poet, this is one of those awful cases of  feeling
>I'm
>missing something.  I like the mood you've managed to convey with simple
>language, James.  Is there a word missing from the last line?
>bw
>christina
>
> > VIRGIL SPEAKS TO DANTE ON EMERGING FROM THE INFERNO
> >
> > I wanted to see my native carnelian waters
> > as there was no colour down there -
> > strangely saw only shades of grey
> > instead of the expected fire
> >
> > Here in the growing winter dusk -
> > in the last minutes as the clouds clear
> > to show a vast expanse of sky
> > I see you and remember.
> >
> > Dante, will there be tomorrow?
> >
> >
> > bw
> > James
> >
>

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