interior landscapes
blue and violet cypresses
expressed in chalk
those rolling hills
embossed on soft cream paper
wind and sun a faded wash
black rolling india river-ink
an horizon line of muddled lead
behind a stand of yew
white golden grass forced of
fen and rush in sap-green hues
a still-water pond raw umber banks
mercurial in dampened brush;
a view toward as well as from
each recess filled with harmony
only her humid breath bears softened
the dissent of form and spirit
