Framed

What do a covered bridge in Old Forge, NY, Father Mapple's sermon from the film "Moby Dick," the final chapters of Edith Wharton's novella "Ethan Frome," and the belly of a whale have in common? More framing than you can shake a stick at, as it turns out. Photos and commentary at blog.amynelsonhahn.info

Redoubt

No cathedral
eye or vestal --
at the end was only
light or deepening dark
depending
on the time of day --
slatted like the eaves
of a fishes' chest;
built and rebuilt
year after tiresome year.
There was no use
in holding out two minutes more
under the knotted haws
that seemed to laugh at me,
creaking in the breeze --
I would forget but the pines
reminded me balancing
my fears against my
staggering regret.

Copyright (c) 2011 Amy Nelson Hahn

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