The breath of God is his breath yet though it pass from man to man through all of time.
"a moon-wound ocean"
(Tanuja Desai Hidier, Born Confused, 204)
(Tanuja Desai Hidier, Born Confused, 204)
Open
the book of time
with trembling
fingers, and read:
your life
that is chained
to this page;
your lover
who will tell you
the first mystery
and the last.
(Sargon Boulus, "How Middle-Eastern Singing Was Born," Language for a New Century, 468)
the book of time
with trembling
fingers, and read:
your life
that is chained
to this page;
your lover
who will tell you
the first mystery
and the last.
(Sargon Boulus, "How Middle-Eastern Singing Was Born," Language for a New Century, 468)
Sweet affliction sweet affliction
Singing as I wade to heaven
(Susan Howe, The Midnight, page 20)
Singing as I wade to heaven
(Susan Howe, The Midnight, page 20)
What pine tree wildeyed boy
(Susan Howe, The Midnight, page 10)
(Susan Howe, The Midnight, page 10)
Like a magazine.
Like a soda machine.
Like Halloween.
Like a dryer sheet.
Like some vitamin C.
Like a maitre d.
Like pumpkin pie.
(Not some sweaty guy at the gym.)
Like a candy bar.
Like a rental car.
Like a cookie jar.
Like some fryin' dough.
Like a boat show.
Like Hoops & Yoyo.
I started the day out laughing.
