WORK IN PROGRESS
“…the origin as fertile void, understood as kenotic, because agapeic, the fullness of being …” Desmond, Voiding of Being, 46
I stop by to see
the swan. Spring light graces its
long neck. I’m aware
the swan I see is
different: it’s head
and half its neck plunged beneath
the dark water. Were
I a poet not
a bottom feeder, I would
not feel a thing now.
Sun on the swan’s back—
salt and fresh brimmimg, the cove
is full of goodness.
……
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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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