“… we are given to be before we give ourselves to be.” Desmond G&B 21
The far-away look
on the clouds above the waves
coming toward us,
as soon withdrawing.
Man is the measure, it’s said.
Tell that to the clouds.
We are and are not
a part of this world, though we
think we think the whole.
The whole is the gift
of beauty. Just look.
You’ll shake with cold and in time
beauty will shake you.
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Tom D'Evelyn is a private editor and writing tutor in Cranston RI and, thanks to the web, across the US and in the UK. He can be reached at tom.develyn@comcast.net. D'Evelyn has a PhD in Comparative Literature from UC Berkeley. Before retiring he held positions at The Christian Science Monitor, Harvard University Press, Boston University and Brown University. He ran a literary agency for ten years, publishing books by Leonard Nathan and Arthur Quinn, among others. Before moving to Portland OR he was managing editor at Single Island Press, Portsmouth NH. He blogs at http://tdevelyn.com and other sites.
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