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Cathedral

By Richard L. Provencher

Wed, 17 Aug 2011
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Sky-red painted
blood vessel
illusions are
framed pines
streaking upwards,
sky-reaching and
overlapping
branches
provide mother-hugs.
I am unafraid
when
shadeglimmer
calls…
hand of welcome.

© Richard L. Provencher

First published 1988 Volume 10
The Pottersfield Portfolio
Crazy Quilt Press, Halifax, NS
ISSN 0226-0840

Certificate U
Poem
POETRY - A Passage of Motion 2
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