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Note cards:
Box containing 10 illustrated poems (or parts of poems), selected from Abitare Abiquiu
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From 'Abitare Abiquiu':
BADLANDS
(IV) MOON OVER PLAZA BLANCA
On full moon nights the
Ancient Mariner sails into Plaza
Blanca, the Flying Dutchman
Jumps aboard. Deceptive caves
And hollow shadows from a
Distance have the appearance of
Rock exposures, become temples of
Doom, millennium milestones,
Pillars of wisdom, cathedrals of
Cunning, sandbars of shame. The
Pressure-ridged cliffs all do
Sinister undulations. The formations
Deny their crumbling sandstone,
Pretend to be expanse of icy
Mountains, "High on mountains pil’d,"
Which seem to the shivering
Sailor from afar shapeless
And white, "An atmosphere of
Cloud," like Thomson saw
Antarctica. Yet, even at
The darkest of nights, at
Plaza Blanca my shivering is
Sweating, the moon is golden.
And if... if in the coldest of
Northern New Mexico nights
My breath sends puffs of
Steam amongst the sails, what
I am exhaling is just
Gold dust.
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