M&D - Chapter 21 - Rebekha, absconded

[rich]

something I've been working on for some time

Road leading to a churchyard in Sapperton
(Gloucestershire, 1997)

for Charles Mason

*HW Robinson:  Lately Librarian of the Royal Society of London: 'The view
from the churchyard at Sapperton is quite one of the most lovely in
Gloucestershire and Rebecca** certainly had a charming spot in which to be
laid at rest"*

The road leading to the church under grey canopy
and rain clasping trees
entangled; centuries unchanged
This fall day. In army morning cloak wandering
looking for your grave
1759

after your marriage vows
and ascent; his February desire
suddenly a sky bed of butterfly yellow-breasts
 leaves at your feet the light made fleet
riding summers together in the golden fields
you wouldn't find again--and yet

some measure of heaven's light
placed you here
your able morn in dark shade expired
hundreds of sprung bodies
painting the English sky;
riding the wind
breathing in your silent kingdom's air
breathing out song


On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 5:29 AM, Elisabeth Romberg <eromberg at mac.com> wrote:

> Cheers for this. Sounds so beautiful.
>
> 13. apr. 2015 kl. 00.57 skrev rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>:
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> I happen to visit the church where the Masons were married and where
> Rebekah is buried, in Sapperton. it is a very moving place. the road to the
> church had a canopy of yellow trees that as you entered from a grey sky
> turned the heavens the color of bright canaries. i'll never forget that.
> never did find her grave. nor did i find his in Philadelphia, at Christ
> Church, either
>
> rich
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> On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 3:37 PM, Elisabeth Romberg <eromberg at mac.com>
> wrote:
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>> p. 211
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>> Mason imagines Rebekha fluttering upwards from the little patch in front
>> of the gravestone. It is a picturesque image, and sort of pastoral.
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