Carol Hebald

This full-length collection of internal and dramatic monologues is divided into four sections: Descent, The Dream Kingdom, Remembrances of the World, and Ascent. See title under "Quick Links" for reviews and orders through Amazon.com.

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CHILD MAGDALENE’S REVERIE

After Andrew Marvell

Walking and mincing as I go,
I am newfangled meat
in a horse-kind land.
Centaurs hot with wine
pass on tiptoe breathing by
in my lap the virgin hay.
The hunter at my heels
thrusts me up astride
plants me in a garden
of bright, adulterate fruit
kneels and falls to dine.
The others canter in;
rings full of eyes
gleaming through the brush,
I stir, rise, open, and grow sweet;
my each leaf quivering to his touch,
I print my roses on his lips,
ripe apples round his head.

Published in COMMONWEAL (10/20/06)