A Year at River Mountain

by Michael Kenyon

  Made in England spells and spells cast in Canada and spells in China. Nests I tried to make. Knots I tried to unravel. Points I tried to find. Stop work and listen to the bell.

  It’s the rose window! How can mind know bell from glass, what shines from what sings? I must remember it isn’t the rose we made, it’s the rose window. I must remember to replace the plank across the ditch going home.

  — Vancouver 03/21/2012