Thank you so much, Melanie! I really appreciate that you shared the elements that stood out to you. It's always good (and encouraging) to hear from you.
Beautiful how each stanza moves towards the lines chosen from Heaney's poem. So many ways to help us see the quiet light in the darkness. Especially in the small glowing pearls--tiny poems-- inside the larger poem:
What a beautiful glosa on one of my favorite Heaney poems.
I really like "the cowl of dusk " and "night’s lesser denizens" and the image of luminous stained glass deep within.
"the pulsing
chant that swells more wild
than good and stronger
than the night"
is lovely.
"symphonic
inquest" -- that's wonderful as is "aurora’s cataract".
And a fascinating interior journey with subtle plays of light and dark.
Thank you so much, Melanie! I really appreciate that you shared the elements that stood out to you. It's always good (and encouraging) to hear from you.
Beautiful how each stanza moves towards the lines chosen from Heaney's poem. So many ways to help us see the quiet light in the darkness. Especially in the small glowing pearls--tiny poems-- inside the larger poem:
.
The cricket song,
the child beneath an open
window drawn from sleep
into the drowse of peace.
Thank you for your always-thoughtful, always-illuminating interaction, Ann. You are a kind soul and I appreciate you!