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Fantastic poem. My mind is jumping, my imagination aflame. You sparked it! I love the last line - as itself. But I wonder if it doesn't sap the energy from the poem which has gone before. Perhaps you should take it off and * start* another poem with it. Just a thought. Andrew always yr fan On 29 July 2011 09:20, Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Thanks, Peter! :) > > On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 4:42 PM, Peter ciccariello <[log in to unmask] > >wrote: > > > "We learn best while shutting up." & all - Marvelous! > > > > - Peter > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 7:20 PM, Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]> > > wrote: > > > Sign posted in the window reads "Gone window > > > shopping." > > > > > > Meditation usually amounts to afterthought. > > > > > > Now and at the time of our depth, > > > perception, triumph starts absorbing > > > local color. > > > > > > All new lanterns have ethnicity, > > > and back bends replenish > > > mirror images galore. > > > > > > Freshmen remaining > > > in short supply > > > eventually season > > > into people like ourselves. > > > > > > Is there any reason for continuing > > > once bookmarks have been shuffled > > > via legacy implanted? > > > > > > Saints for decades have said yes > > > when they intended to say no. > > > > > > Meanwhile, present tense is overrated, > > > under heated, under service > > > warranty, with checks incoming > > > and alarm outgoing, > > > underneath presumptive surplus > > > of untidy amenities. > > > > > > We learn best while shutting up. > > > > > > > > > Sheila E. Murphy > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > http://invisiblenotes.blogspot.com/ > > http://uncommonvision.blogspot.com/ > > http://poemsfromprovidence.blogspot.com/ > > http://uncommon-vision.blogspot.com/ > > You can find my art and writing updates on Twitter > > https://twitter.com/ciccariello > > > -- Andrew http://hispirits.blogspot.com/ 'Mother Waits for Father Late' republished available at http://www.picaropress.com/ http://www.qlrs.com/poem.asp?id=766 http://frankshome.org/AndrewBurke.html