Of the Harmony of Celestial Revelations.(Poem)

Prairie Schooner, December, 2002 by Tobin, Daniel

Of the Harmony of Celestial Revelations 
 
   1. The Reliquary 
 
   Here is the soul, a little golden tent 
   encased in stone, housing the body's dross 
   made holy in the foundry of the Word. 
 
   Inside its doors, the saint's flesh--tongue 
   and heart--flames in light beyond all seeing, 
   guarded by men, their hands frozen in signs, 
 
   their eyes erased by the radiance. 
   There is nothing now for the woman to do 
   but be the pure flower of her unbeing, 
 
   while outside vineyards slope to the river 
   and a wind from the south perfumes the air 
   and grapes shake like green bells on their stems. 
 
   2. The Cell 
 
   In the beginning is vision--light like a fist 
   to the child's forehead, the sun transplanted 
   into her soul as into a mirror. 
 
   In...

            
    

                                
	
	
    

    

                             
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