CONJUNCTIONS:32 Spring 1999

From Five Poems Donald Revell

IN THE DRISK In the drisk I was changed To a mountaintop                               Or drowned                               I had forgotten                               Drowning Findrinny                 A whale's word Drisk is Indian So do works of man Resemble works of nature Failing to understand wait Perfectly still mistaking Sailboats for a mountain don't be scared HYMN COMPLETED IN TEARS Hymn completed in tears No drunk can dream I've been here before What a funny candy                                   Be born                                   Be born Someone in the circus Fell Into the audience And it's happening Again             This is an explosion             An exact white lollipop             I refuse to stop 10 NOVEMBER 1997 Why not people Heaven With magpies It's only the ceremony After all Makes us ridiculous A birthday today telephones into the loose earth It's not ridiculous Only lonely Out of Heaven Stories begin where they ought to End with magpies Starlings and synonyms Sister's birthday means the same Why not people The selections above, along with two additional poems can be found in Conjunctions:32, Eye to Eye.