So, coming in late, the next morning, I can only add my praise to all the rest, both Jill's terms, & the neat rush of the rhythm, how it sings, Sheila. an angry (slightly) music there... Doug On 2012-11-27, at 3:02 PM, Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > always the viola clef im > pinges on alleged neu > tra la laity > be "course" (as my friend > MEP fresh from NJ > would say) > > the lamentations strike > one, with their piercing > volatility > their voice box > shielded > as in hooded > as in and out > of justice > systems (quite > systemic, quite > voracious, quite) > > a momentary symphony, > my train case function > full of extreme unction, > says the friar > so and so and so > > one hears placating melody > by memory in arrears > one's host > age taking > its toll > on > and on and on > > sheila e. murphy > Douglas Barbour [log in to unmask] http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/ http://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/ Latest books: Continuations & Continuations 2 (with Sheila E Murphy) http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=962 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