M&D - Chapter 21 - Rebekha, absconded
rich
richard.romeo at gmail.com
Sat Apr 18 15:40:08 CDT 2015
thanks guys
rich
On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 6:06 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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