| Houdini file: 09 (from Woman In Exile - 1991) The three of you Clumped in a group Locked as if stationed to watch Would i fall back into the trap? The two women Followed a funeral procession The man Looking my way Did i want to join in and play? Vicarious in his gleaning Spurred by the match Cheering I pass by with a heavy heart Having been there in that exact spot Freshly out of the same dead-lock |
| Human Potential and Its Shadow: the POEMS : the ART : the SCRIPTS : the THEORY : the BOOKS : the SUGAR ART |
| Catholic/Christian Publisher needed to reprint WOMAN IN EXILE The Edwin Mellen Press - 1991 by Mary Angela Nangini |
| first love (from Woman In Exile - 1991) infinity just opened up inside of me the whole world rushed in to fill the vast immensity of grace -FIRST LOVE and all of creation and i stood still heaven....... being crystallized in human flesh a simultaneous fusion the point of communion the final stretch the sealed covenant eternal vouch it's you and i and a smouldering touch |
| The Noose Extravaganza (from Woman In Exile, 1991) Your escapism routine Was a smash But now You've got a noose Around your neck As you struggle Performing your act Will it loosen Or tighten You gave your assistant To tie into knots Your wrists did you not You stood still for her To chain your feet So you couldn't walk You're at her mercy Beck and call With a noose around your neck You're up a wall Or is it up a creek Because you're in knee-deep Or is it up to your neck And over your head Houdini You're dead |
| Catholic/Christian Publisher needed to reprint MY ONTARIO BEAUTIFUL Mellen Poetry Press - 1995 |
| Dedication I have no home And when I'm not I'm alone Where I am I am ......................................... Flanks of the highway Reflect lights Cars lamp-posts Flooded mammoth-rolling slabs Slick shiny snow-covered hills Iced over Sheenscapes ........................................... Intoxicating power Mind altering substance Feelings At the tips of nerve endings Changing my whole being Way of living Seeing through new eyes Introduced |
| Dedication I am You In Knowing You I have found the ME And the WE IN GOD The seedbed of Humanity |