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This smart, lyrical collection explores the dangers of a world so complex that no single consciousness may grasp it-however much the attempt must be made. Following historical and imagined figures as they encounter specific moments or objects (such as Thomas Hariot in the Ameri-can Wilderness of the late 16th century), the poems attempt to record the unraveling of the safe and singular into a multiplicity of unknowns. Impelled by metaphor and lilting repetition, North True South Bright seeks a sense of the world, and ultimately, a sense of the Infinite.
Hariot's Round
I know, to entice, to convince, I must sing.
Your ear inside stone, must sing.
Gold bitten and true, the corn kernel, one seed.
I must plant one gold seed in your mouth with my lips.
Raleigh says: The Queen known my name. The Crown.
Of a woodpecker is ruby, but shy.
Inhabitants adorn themselves with feathers, and feathers.
Bright on arrow ends. Bow-before a Queen. Bend closed my book.
Hariot's Round
I know, to entice, to convince, I must sing.
Your ear inside stone, must sing.
Gold bitten and true, the corn kernel, one seed.
I must plant one gold seed in your mouth with my lips.
Raleigh says: The Queen known my name. The Crown.
Of a woodpecker is ruby, but shy.
Inhabitants adorn themselves with feathers, and feathers.
Bright on arrow ends. Bow-before a Queen. Bend closed my book.