rest • pause • dwell • stay

When I hoped I
hoped everywhere and l ing er

— - — - —

voice in di c e he
a rar y s
rar y in a ction • Well

in direction of • leaves,
of wind vanes takes
w ing • flushed and mistaken

— - — - —

To curl the air

A ate
the cal m of the candy
a Arrow straighter Love

e cor re s



bre k in vers

discomfit • surrender

not, or no fit er for
t he h ear t

this: as in ease, as
in Her same was Surrender

to return, to tear

up • of a bird: gloomily, to yield
to d well • with the wings



up • is not elegant
do-si-does, does she?

And how close she clings
and how



how • with rapture melt e







[From a sequence I've been working on for some time, entitled "In Very Variant." The challenge here was to adapt the form to the layout necessitated by Blogger, which doesn't allow for a scatter of words across the "page." Sources include Merrian-Webster's 10th Collegiate.]