by Barbara Guest
Arriving speeds the chromatic
we stay with fire
arrows jasper pontifex declare
an imaginative risk.
fermented moss a
bulge in aramanth
motley filmic rise
that welds a natural
shield refreshed in hutch
of oak.
from borrowed mirror
rain a seized and
crystal pruner the limned
and eyed cowl
eyedusk.
commends internal habitude
bush the roof
day stare gliding
double measures.
qualms the weights of night
medusae raft clothed sky
radiant strike the oars
skim cirrus.
evolve a fable husk
aged silkiness the roan
planet mowed like ears
beaded grip.
suppose the hooded grass
numb moat alum trench a solemn
glaze the sexual estuary
floats an edge.
From:
Defensive Rapture, (1993)
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