Poetry as language of desire & insufficiency (Orpheus needing Eurydice etc.). Broken symmetry.

Poetry as embodied language, pregnant. Inherently catholic and scandalous. Title poem from Way Stations:


The child honoring you in dreams,
embrasure of innocence, tender shoots
of early radiance - your figure
landscape, unfamiliar town, scent
of May lilacs along a worn road.

Not to be known yet,
only a heavy cloud pregnant
with summer rain
(iron mortality, rust
of decline not yet to be);

gathering up your skirts
you make your way, slow path
beyond the jealous decorations,
fever of scorn, offended pride,
dry branches crackling - a bonfire.