In my hermitage, I hear, loud and strong. Andrew On 12 December 2013 11:10, Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Thank you, Doug, for this warming confirmation. I appreciate your response! > Sheila > > > On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 4:47 PM, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask] > >wrote: > > > The hushed white beauty of the poem calms, for sure, Sheila. > > > > Swoosh as silent... > > > > Doug > > On Dec 11, 2013, at 2:13 PM, Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]> > > wrote: > > > > > As hushed white calms the street, > > > a thin smoke signature shifts blank sky. > > > > > > Within the home, warm settles the ideas > > > mainly horizontal, filling the small space. > > > > > > One who has been heard is listening > > > to another who releases gentle speech. > > > > > > A crayon against a square of cardboard > > > finishes the final leaf of autumn . > > > > > > As afternoon melds into dusk, snow > > > threads show in corner light, turn plush on ground. > > > > > > 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 > > Recording Dates > > (Rubicon Press) > > > > Swept snow, Li Po, > > by dawn’s 40-watt moon > > to the road that hies to office > > away from home. > > > > Lorine Niedecker > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Andrew http://hispirits.blogspot.com/ 'Undercover of Lightness' http://walleahpress.com.au/recent-publications.html 'Shikibu Shuffle' http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/new-from-aboveground-press-shikibu.html