as opposed to snaps, perhaps. but each one a sure 'catch,' Sheila.
love the shift from 'diversion' to 'aversion' there, among others...
Doug
On 2011-05-18, at 12:31 PM, Sheila Murphy wrote:
> 1/
> stripes of morning
> sliver across wood floor
> dream lore makes
> a fresh idea
> warm strands of thought
> turn things
> into the substance
> daylight
>
> 2/
> snapdragons litter
> the walk
> I think the thumb
> green with diversion
> an aversion
> to the dust
>
> 3/
> Pomona dampness
> loses trill
> informal frisking equals
> safety
> just in time
> a path to you and your departed
> fractions in the light
>
> 4/
> her on-screen autumn
> view is mine
> so few of us
> limber enough
> to resist the touch
> of balustrade
>
> Sheila E. Murphy
>
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