Thanks for your kind thoughts, P
Judy
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From: "Patrick McManus" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 4:04 AM
Subject: Re: Reverse Palimpsest
> Ah yes maidenhair -exquisite jolts -scattered seeds-lovely P
>
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> Sent: 22 June 2005 12:46
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> Subject: Reverse Palimpsest
>
> For the scarlet-garlanded Joanna Boulter:
>
>
> Reverse Palimpsest
>
>
> a slash of poppies
> from last night's dream
> ignites my day
>
> the scarlet explode
> carries me again
> to my dream mound
> maidenhair curling
> through thick moss
>
> the exquisite jolts
> blow my powdery life
> neatly aside
> every hollow stalk of fear
> scattered
>
> saturated
> I am now earth
> dug with wriggling benefactors
> earth stippled with wet seeds
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Judy Prince
> June 21 2005
>
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