Watching the Abbot Sing at Evensong
Deep song--the singing of it trembling
his breastbone--
from a polished pew (in semidarkness)
I watch the Abbot's throat wavering
like fluid in a shaking glass
baritone journeying
upward through the flesh
chanting the spirit of the man
in rhythm more extreme
than breathing
A prayer calling the Abbot's god
into a shape of life, informing his song
with clear light, fuller than sun
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABCACADBEAFGB |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 369 |
Words | 64 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 13 |
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