M&D - Chapter 21 - Rebekha, absconded

[Mark Kohut]

Lovely. Smart. moving.

On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 4:42 PM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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>:
>>
>> 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
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 3:37 PM, Elisabeth Romberg <eromberg at mac.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> p. 211
>>>
>>> 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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