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<i><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">from</span></font></font></i><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"> 14000 FACTS<br></span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;">
<font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">*<br>
</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">Slow walking, play</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">of evening, the silver</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;">
<font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">ships measuring time</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">Venus, a sliver</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;">
<font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">of time</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">beyond words</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;">
<font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">*</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">The clearing, the light</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">no gate separates</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;">
<font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">day and night</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">more than ever</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;">
<font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">place of indivisibility</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">the wolf sees all</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;">
<font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">*</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">Like souls greeting each other</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;">
<font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">from the windows of eyes</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">form or harm</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;">
<font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">turn back any time</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">snowflakes on a blue</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;">
<font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">ground</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">*</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;">
<font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">Floating sea ice</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">as if we’d</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;">
<font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">seen it just</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">yesterday</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;">
<font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">not used to</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">hearing that</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;">
<font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">music again</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">*</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;">
<font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">Looked like rain</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">peremptory music</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;">
<font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">from the limbic</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">system—lucky</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;">
<font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">you’re not still</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">in prison</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;">
<font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">somewhere</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">*</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;">
<font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">To imagine</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">a fortress</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;">
<font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">we’re given</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">a loop</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;">
<font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">a curveball</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">come in to play</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;">
<font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">*</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">The manner of their</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">presentation</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;">
<font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">aspects of vision “we’re</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">getting killed”</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;">
<font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">the burning zone</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">shifts, continuous</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;">
<i><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">carmen</span></font></font></i><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">, song</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;">
<font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">*</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">See what you</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;">
<font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">expect, a page</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">of flames, a cloud</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;">
<font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">the color of her</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">old heart, displayed</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;">
<font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">in a glass case</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">*</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;">
<font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">Fiction: bacon</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">and eggs in a</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">parallel universe</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;">
<font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">smells just as</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">good</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;">
<font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">he ran away</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">as if</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;">
<font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">the exigency of</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">is and is not</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;">
<font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">*</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">Potatoes, stones</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;">
<font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">their living eyes</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">atoms existing in</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;">
<font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">unparalleled worlds</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">as if to turn their</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;">
<font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">eyes from particular</span></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">stars</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0pt;"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></font></font></p></div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><br>
</span></font><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><br>
</span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">Among </span></font><b><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">Norma Cole</span></font></b><b><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">’s</span></font></b><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"> books of poetry are </span></font><i><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">Natural Light</span></font></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"> (Libellum) and </span></font></span><i><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">Where Shadows Will: Selected Poems 1988—2008</span></font></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"> (City Lights). </span></font></span><i><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">To Be At Music,</span></font></i><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"> a book of essays and talks, will appear June 2010. </span></font><span style="font-style: normal;"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;">Cole
has received awards from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, the
Gerbode Foundation, Gertrude Stein Award and Fund for Poetry. She
teaches at the University of San Francisco.</span></font></span></div>
</span><br>-- <br>RealPoetik<br><a href="http://realpoetik.blogspot.com">realpoetik.blogspot.com</a><br>