Doug,
I like this. The clarity - and its 'indifference'
Thanks,
Jill
> an absolute
> clarity of air
>
> pastel sky pale
> blue falls toward
> an almost unseen green
> orange gauze darkling pink
> the black crouch of low hill beyond the river
>
> above god
> s pared fingernail
> hangs there
> tossed aside
>
> indifferent
>
> to all tidal twists
> & turns below
>
> Edmonton Wednesday January 12 2005
>
>
> Douglas Barbour
> Department of English
> University of Alberta
> Edmonton Alberta T6G 2E5 Canada
> (780) 436 3320
> http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/dbhome.htm
>
> The poet is ecstatic, having dreamt of this visit for weeks.
> He takes Erato’s face, dribbling and wild, between his hands
>
> and kisses her gently as if she were a runaway teenager.
>
> Diana Hartog
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