Verse:
Hoar, Deidre
Deidre Hoar Annunciation She lay drowsing under shade of St. John's tree; the rushes she had gathered cushioned a sleep attended only by flies browsing at wrist and ankle, gone astray from the...
...Overhead dry pods hissed at a spare breeze unusually hot for the growing season...
...Washing, waiting down at the stream wind in the reeds, was it yesterday...
...the rushes she had gathered cushioned a sleep attended only by flies browsing at wrist and ankle, gone astray from the nearby sheep...
...Yes, that other morning she had seen the strange bird, its greedy beak watching as she beat flat rocks with white linen, whiter arms and cheeks turned pink with the heat, knew in an instant the infant who started, flutter-kicked within would be her undoing.be her undoing...
Vol. 109 • December 1982 • No. 22
