Thank you, Judy! Very much appreciated, Sheila
On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 12:51 PM, Judy Prince
<[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> I love this:
>
> "and the land goes soft
> upon the thought
> of land"
>
> Best,
>
> Judy
>
> On 3 March 2010 10:46, Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > what lullaby resides within
> > when wholly-owned sub-
> > strata quicksandalwood
> > a way through domiciles
> > and commisaries and
> > estate sales fathomed
> > as a last
> > endowed
> > resort
> >
> > impervious to latitude although
> > the longitude will
> > remain among us
> > now that our plain children
> > cease to mollify
> > mundanity while we project
> > these tissues of importance
> > that surround routine
> >
> > listen to the Dutch elm
> > breeze shake childhood
> > from familiar breezes
> > (one speaks of porches
> > in a handful of small
> > conversations)
> >
> > and the land goes soft
> > upon the thought
> > of land, the hills
> > beyond en-
> > close us amid
> > imagined space appearing
> > gently to be modifying
> > itself and others of us
> > all across the acronyms
> > for substances
> > to be resisted
> > or approached,
> > abused some summer
> >
> > when the look of
> > pavement holds heat
> > for the duration, and a side
> > of affection holds still,
> > holds true,
> > holds even water
> > for the heart
> > to mind the existential
> > looking seeming sounding
> > store of recollections
> >
> >
> > sheila e. murphy
> >
>
>
>
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