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Published: Tue Oct 15 1974
Diego Isaias Hernández Méndez, Convirtiéndose en characoteles / Sorcerers Changing into Their Animal Forms (detail), 2013, oil on canvas. Arte Maya Tz’utujil Collection.
AGNI 3 Mysteries Nature Spirituality
strength

it repeats the names of stone & water
like lost religions.
it has hidden its pearls behind clenched
teeth.
the childs hand tightens to a fist;
each knuckle is an acorn put there to get
strength through the winter.
that a diamond survives not because its beautiful
but because its hard is a sad song, but
it is the only one that strength knows

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W. Bent Nicholsen is seeking a publisher for his first book, By Word of Mouth. (updated 1974)

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