verso pastorale, Hal? Yep, it fits..., or gives one the...
Doug
On 29-Aug-07, at 9:33 AM, Halvard Johnson wrote:
> Sonnet: “Your Eyes Stray”
>
> Your eyes stray over to the verso side of the book
> where you learn that short-term prospects are not
> indeed good. The hero wanders into a labyrinth
> of desire that would have daunted Casanova, or at
>
> least given him pause. The grass is always greener
> on the other side of the street, as it’s said. Mellow
> as ever, the summer wends its way autumn-ward,
> one fedora almost as good as another at covering
>
> that bald spot. And the war strays over yet another
> border on its way to wherever it’s going. Insurgents
> mount incessant attacks, no matter how much we do
> to assuage them. No, sir, the pastorale is not dead.
>
> Willows trail their branches in blood-red streams.
> The sheep on the hill wear their furs inside-out.
>
>
> Hal
>
> Halvard Johnson
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