very different for you i think Stephen. i especially like the final three lines. Doug On 4-Jun-09, at 1:21 PM, Stephen Vincent wrote: > If there is a voice it will be the “hum “ that precedes “the hum”; > the “vowel” > that precedes “the vowel”. The challenge is to bow calmly before > everything. > The challenge is to bow down before the darkness. Douglas Barbour [log in to unmask] http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/ Latest books: Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy) http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664 Wednesdays' http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-from-aboveground-press_10.html Swept snow, Li Po, by dawn’s 40-watt moon to the road that hies to office away from home. Lorine Niedecker