'notch' is a nice pun on the woodcut. hallejulah should maybe be hallelujah? 'urnfield choir' is pretty amazing. as is the cloud image. 'how strait this coat' -- straitjacket? who is wearing the coat? reads very well. KS On 06/11/2007, MC Ward <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > She Is Thinking of the Ghost > > (after the woodcut by Gauguin) > > A notch below hallejulah, > she's enjoined to no hosannas > by the urnfield choir, but remains > silent, still under a cloud, which > > palms its silver over > the lay of the land. > > Her maker sees her damned > on her face, a chapter averse to > her stone closed book. His primus > tonus enchants us no less. How > > strait this coat, his > thought the night: > > starry decisive yet untoward, moot > her thing when brought to light. > > > Candice Ward (c) 2006 > _The Moon Sees the One_ > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com >