last night see saw
clear sky dip temper
rapture full moon
white carved light
reflecting snow thick
et ground swell shadows
delicate tracery bare
branches throw across
chill air breathed
in and out
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i choose the black
ballpoint fine point
to trace this memory
across white sheet
inscription as vagaries
as the gentle moonlight
as hard to read
Edmonton Wednesday March 15 2006
Douglas Barbour
11655 - 72 Avenue NW
Edmonton Ab T6G 0B9
(780) 436 3320
What’s received’s given out
in smaller measure. The speaker as hearer
comprehends what he can’t
say, a music of what sounds him.
Wayne Clifford
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