lovely in memoriam, Gerald.
in the mood....
Doug
On 30-Mar-05, at 9:51 AM, Gerald Schwartz wrote:
> above
> clouds
>
> arrive at nothing
> remain
>
> steadfast within
> the turning of our
>
> prayer wheels
>
> if this all
> were a lighter touch
>
> than the words of this word
>
> resting
> on lawn beneath snow
>
> it would still be too
> too heavy
>
>
>
> Peace, rest--
> Gerald Schwartz
>
>
Douglas Barbour
Department of English
University of Alberta
Edmonton Alberta T6G 2E5 Canada
(780) 436 3320
http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/dbhome.htm
He saw the dark as a ragged garment
spread out to air.
Through its rents and moth-holes
the silver light came pouring.
Denise Levertov
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