A Sabbath Poem (Howe)
HEAVEN HAS BEEN MY NATION-STATE
~ by Fanny HoweHeaven has been my nation-state
safe sanctuary from the law
or else the production of hate and bread is not increasing
~ by Fanny HoweHeaven has been my nation-state
safe sanctuary from the law
or else the production of hate and bread is not increasing
At least I know my tradition is among the contradictions
And rests upon a time
as close to never-was as anything can be
but still a story of something that almost came to be
the never-quite-but-hinted-at
attention of a Thee
(from Fanny Howe: Selected Poems,
University of California Press, 2000)
University of California Press, 2000)
