by Robert Duncan
a vale for James Broughton
A cross leaves marks the tree we fancy.
Regular art rules.
Under hand beauty demands
the secret howl to cross the table
on bloody stumps
were wings added later to mar
the 17th century flying style.
INCLUDE A PRAYER
include lions rise or as sentences raised,
include fore gone conclusions in a maze,
include my blind in designing your window,
include my window in raising your blind,
include a long time in my forever yours.
include April and July in all your years,
include the lions eye that sheds the lambs tears,
include the lambs eye or as paragraphs rest,
include the bird that belongs to each beast,
include:
include the breasts and Mary’s face,
include the horns of the cow in Grace,
include the words in pasture are kind,
include the scream when he starts to pray,
include the sun at the opening of day,
include the night in what you find.
Small lions are kittens and love to purr.
include the fathering Night and Day,
include the orders descending thru words,
include the elegances of no rhyme,
include the roar of a lion in triumph,
include break orderly converse to address divine disorders
abruptly,
include the tree upon which our life hangs,
include the metaphor in which from that tree Christ is crucified,
include all martyrs in the sense of fun,
include chairs and tables as comfortable things,
include the bird in the angel with wings,
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