Wind
wild, warm, moist
Trees
gothic evergreen
stained glass deciduous
red, rust, ochre
bright burnt orange
an ancient ruined cathedral
roofless
under a Yorkshire sky
Clouds
big-bellied graphite billows
fast forwarding
unfolding patches of nitrogen blue
mitred shafts of sun
In my chest a tempest
I'm immobilized
in this tumult of beauty
portent of
the cold, the hard, the dark, dark days to
come
-- Madalon Amenta
Madalon Amenta is a retired nurse who has lived in Squirrel Hill for 45 years. Many writers featured in Chapter & Verse are guests of Prosody, produced by Jan Beatty and Ellen Wadey. Prosody airs every Tuesday night at 7 on independent radio, WYEP 91.3 FM.
