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Andrew and Stephen, thank you for your very generous responses. I appreciate this very much! Sheila On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 6:48 PM, Stephen Vincent <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Shelia - I keep thinking the poem cd be about M.R. Higgins. I like the > sense of > the simultaneity of things. > > > Stephen V > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Andrew Burke <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Sent: Sat, March 10, 2012 5:45:28 PM > Subject: Re: Young March > > Touching, Sheila. And all subtly about time and impermanence - I like all > its meditative layers. > > Andrew > > On 11 March 2012 06:01, Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > *Tie game, short walk, high wind.* > > > > Ten years ago, she died. > > > > Phone rang and rang. > > > > Downtown, I walked at noon. > > > > We talked. Each day. Until > > > > The sixth "mild day of March." > > > > *Twenty-five to seventeen, their favor.* > > > > *"Notre Dame **is the best passing team in women's college basketball."* > > > > I have finished my cold coffee I advised her not to drink. > > > > Vibrato melds two points. > > > > Casket closed. > > > > From the altar I read aloud. > > > > *I love her mind in present tense.* > > > > In honor of her teaching. > > > > In honor of her prayer. > > > > In honor of her love. > > > > Forgive us our unkindnesses. > > > > *Huskies lead, forty-six to thirty-nine.* > > > > "Oh, my poor baby, you're just like me." > > > > The wish. Another. > > > > *Three seconds on the shot clock. * > > > > So loved, alive, invisible. > > > > Statue of Mary, in full sunlight. > > > > > > Sheila E. Murphy > > > > > > -- > Andrew > http://hispirits.blogspot.com/ > http://www.mullamullapress.com/QWERTY > BLUE ROSE enovel avail. at Amazon, Smashwords and > http://etextpress.com/books.htm >