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Meditation for Inese.


Peacocks

three of them

under the birdfeeder

cardinals

hunting and pecking

the gray, his brother white with spots,

two cats on the chase

about to be neutered neu·ter  
adj.
1. Grammar
a. Neither masculine nor feminine in gender.

b. Neither active nor passive; intransitive. Used of verbs.

2.
a.
 

no longer interested in prey

or their haystack surroundings

in the garage

the vet busy

Sparky spark·y  
adj. spark·i·er, spark·i·est
Animated; lively.



sparki·ly adv.
 the schnauser no longer at chase and ill-at-ease in the kennel

cystotomy cystotomy /cys·tot·o·my/ (sis-tot´ah-me) surgical incision of the urinary bladder.

cys·tot·o·my
n.
Incision into the bladder. Also called vesicotomy.
 

bladderstones in a bottle

(a bilingual children's dictionary I bought for her in Latvia: lexicon so she can describe what is not there in this world)

scurrying scur·ry  
intr.v. scur·ried, scur·ry·ing, scur·ries
1. To go with light running steps; scamper.

2. To flurry or swirl about.

n. pl. scur·ries
1. The act of scurrying.
 up flights

from washer and dryer

a plant whose fragrance steadies the orchid in the iris family

in Riga Elza's Inese looks over the open harbor

for a cathedral, her flower fortress

and her lost acreage

Michael S. Harper has taught at Brown University since 1970. His recent books include Songlines in Michaeltree, which was published this past spring by the University of Illinois Press The University of Illinois Press (UIP), is a major American university press and part of the University of Illinois. Overview
According to the UIP's website:
, and The Vintage Anthology of African-American Poetry, 1750-2000, which he co-edited.
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Author:Harper, Michael S.
Publication:African American Review
Article Type:Poem
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Sep 22, 2000
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