Hitch.Hitch Matthew Holmes Matthew Holmes (born in Paisley in 1844 and died in Lenzie on 3 July 1903) was Chief Mechanical Engineer of the North British Railway from 1882 to 1903. External links
Harbour Publishing PO Box 219, Madeira Park, BC VON 2H0 088971214X $16.95 www.nightwoodeditions.com Hitch is an anthology of poetry by Matthew Holmes, publisher of the zine Pronounced "zeen." See Webzine and e-zine. "Modomnoc." Featuring both free-verse stanzas on a wide variety of subjects and a handful of stream-of-consciousness introspections upon universal laws, Hitch ties together rhythm, nuance and precision with the exquisite accuracy of a sailor's knot. At times mournful mourn·ful adj. 1. Feeling or expressing sorrow or grief; sorrowful. 2. Causing or suggesting sadness or melancholy: the mournful sound of a train whistle. and introspective in·tro·spect intr.v. in·tro·spect·ed, in·tro·spect·ing, in·tro·spects To engage in introspection. [Latin intr , at times bold and outspoken, Hitch flows with original talent in its interfolding of concept, description, and verbal patterns. "The Reliquaries of Trees": The reliquaries of trees / are sapling bone chainlink suspended, / lawn stump rooting pipe dry, / avenues tuning-forked to power lines, / patchwork arcanum ar·ca·num n. pl. ar·ca·na or ar·ca·nums 1. A deep secret; a mystery. 2. often arcana Specialized knowledge or detail that is mysterious to the average person: of mountainside / (when seen from above) / and the sawdust cenotaphs of lumberyards--// where the woods mob in unruly, / try to see past the wind's shoulders / to where the kill site was, / crowd at the edge of roads laid to tell them / there's nothing to see here, nothing to see, / rub rooftops for a blessing pray, / and queue for the time of their own haunting. |
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