Imagery toward the end leads us into the frame.
Not so sure of the statements earlier, as
Central, but seen, from one side, is a door,
lower half wood, the upper half; and, through
the glass,
where ‘the upper half’ maybe should be more or ‘the upper, glass’ ?
I like the galaxies line but am not sure who’s saying it, within or without the drawing, so to speak…
You achieve an analytical tone here, as often elsewhere, that seems to be yours, Lawrence.
Doug
On Apr 1, 2015, at 9:27 AM, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Part of a largely empty room. There is
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> furniture but in wrong positions. It is
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> a building site or abandoned squalid place.
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> Central, but seen, from one side, is a door,
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> lower half wood, the upper half; and, through
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> the glass, blossomy sunlight, white with yellow
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> and flecks of other colours.
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> So many
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> panes of glass churn up from central craters
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> with waves receding from points of impact;
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> and these circles are not circles; they spiral.
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> "This shine could be starlight of entire galaxies"
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> and other panes are seemingly translucent
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> waves viewed from above mid ocean darkening
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> and taking deeper form near to one side
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> of the door thanks to angles of the bright sunlight
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> nothing outside clearly visible to us
Douglas Barbour
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Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuation 2 (UofAPress).
Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
There is no life that does not rise
melodic from scales of the marvelous.
To which our grief refers.
Robert Duncan.
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