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My feet point north. I
rest and read poetry.
I am a meridian line
on a whirling globe. Find me
quick west of Reno,
east of San Francisco, -

but far below my back,
away down there rolls
unsounded, fundamental,
white hot, under
enormous pressure,
Earth's molten iron
core.

Limits

Nosing about,
as free, as programmed,
the red-gold-banner-tailed fish

touched the frontier
of the kingdom of pure air.

Below your horizon,
only seen by pilgrimage,
what a pouring wealth
of stars!

Tone Poem

The sound of horn
is Horn.

King Horn came back from exile
for his sweetheart: in disguise,
stole her from her bridegroom.
He was Horn, of Horn.

Horn in a mountain pass:
a cry for help;