MARCH LIGHT AFTER ALL THIS HAS HAPPENED
A poem may be written in a moment
but it does its work in time.
Adrienne Rich “Forword,”
--The Fact of a Doorframe
Walking the development with headphones
mountains in the west, its wind
where I peek into Goat Rocks on skis,
midweek, Women’s History Month,
Adrienne Rich asking, What
are you going through? The only question,
Jody Aliesan, the one I’m asking,
Jody and Adrienne, Milky Way
companions. I’m listening
through headphones. Thresholds
among stars beyond me, all
that arrives in sidewalk doorways.
Hilary Holladay’s rich biography.
Power of lies, secrets and silence. Story
older than God, Jody’s manuscript
sent from Canada in her last days,
saved in my study, True North /
Nord Vrai, altar in guest room.
Walking options. When confronted
by the culture, choose the mountain.
Jim Bodeen
22 March 2021
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