I like her, Vincent, & her ideas.
Good one.
And a bit of light in what others seem to be presenting as mostly dark.
Doug
On 15-Jun-05, at 3:43 PM, Stephen Vincent wrote:
> I gather roses before Solstice
> For my mother, 89. Together
> We write an acrostic for my friend,
> Amy Trachtenberg, now
> Turning 50. I say the letter,
> She imagines the word:
>
> Attendant
> Merciful
> Young
>
> True
> Rain
> Attitude
> Comfort
> Heaven
> Tingle
> Everywhere
> Never
> Baby
> Excellent
> Ready
> God
>
> Alternatively I read aloud to her
> "The Tibetan Book of the Dead."
> "I don't understand a thing you are saying"
> She says, "But I like the sound of the words."
> "Do you accept God?" I ask.
> "I am not one to accept anything
> I cannot touch, feel or see,
> And know to be true."
>
> We look at the high, alabaster vase,
> A flotilla of unfurling petals, blush pink,
> and white. "Do you like the roses, Mom."
> "Oh, yes. Aren't they beautiful?
> Don't you love them?"
>
> Stephen Vincent
>
>
Douglas Barbour
11655 - 72 Avenue NW
Edmonton Ab T6G 0B9
(780) 436 3320
I can always
go back to
fertilization,
kimonos, wrap-
arounds and
diatribes.
Lorine Niedecker
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