Chapter Elizabeth R.

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upon the stark </div> <div>   blueprint of </div> <div>   its bones</div> <div>  </div> <div>   And now it's Spring…</div> <div>  </div> <div>   </div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>  Wood Pile</B></div> <div>  </div> <div>   within the silence of dawn I can hear</div> <div>   echoes of an axe-blade</div> <div>   falling</div> <div>  </div> <div>   the heartwood lies open now, exposed</div> <div>   with quartered rings showing </div> <div>   maturity</div> <div>  </div> <div>   through the bright air this mountain</div> <div>   rises now, saying: Winter</div> <div>   is coming</div> <div>  </div> <div>   my years of growing deep</div> <div>   in the forest have brought me</div> <div>   to this ~</div> <div>  </div> <div>   this Love at last ready </div> <div>   for burning, within the silence</div> <div>   of dawn I can hear</div> <div>  </div> <div>   echos of a matchstick drawn</div> <div>   across flint, the first</div> <div>   stars ignited</div> <div>  </div> <div>   within the mingling of our breath at last</div> <div>   set free, and I can hear</div> <div>   You entering… </div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>_______________________________________________________________</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id107.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Author Elizabeth R."><B>about the author</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>sample book chapter</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="catalog"><B>catalog</B></A></div> <div> <B>                  </B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>                                         </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#CCFF99" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="how to order this book"><B>How to Order this Book</B></A><A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="how to order this book"><B> </B></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>And Now The Story Lives Inside You </B><I><B>- poems </B></I></div> <div> <B>Elizabeth 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