Not just what's left out, but the weight each word is asked to carry, Jill. I like it. Doug On 2011-05-25, at 8:53 PM, [log in to unmask] wrote: > Aria da capo > > fixtures and rain > fell to scatter > dark mark paver > > fall drug cold > but aria comes > I am capable > > nothing halts tempo > today cornered fell > but arcs win > > ________________________ > Jill Jones > > www.jilljones.com.au > Douglas Barbour [log in to unmask] http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/ http://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/ Latest books: Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy) http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664 Wednesdays' http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-from-aboveground-press_10.html the poem, like the city, destroyed and built again and, here and there, remains of history Chus Pato (trans. Erin Mouré)