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                        </div> <div> Sounding                         </div> <div> Migration                         </div> <div> Alarm                              </div> <div> Tribe                              </div> <div> Her Stopping That Way                    </div> <bR> <div> II</div> <div> Post-Storm Mid-February               </div> <div> Yesterday's Hawks                    </div> <div> The Sensible Father                    </div> <div> A Name                         </div> <div> A Prayer for Second Childhood               </div> <div> It Wasn't the Wind                    </div> <div> add night to anything                    </div> <div> In April                              </div> <div> The Same Green                    </div> <div> Pre-Dawn                         </div> <div> Dutch Hollow Creek Runs Through It          </div> <div> Listen                              </div> <div> November, Dawn                    </div> <div> That Bird                         </div> <div> Happiness                         </div> <div> At Leaf-Fall                         </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> From the book:</div> <bR> <div> ACCUSED OF WISDOM</div> <bR> <div> Accused of wisdom, my words</div> <div> shift like light reflecting off moving water,</div> <div> light drifting across the ceiling</div> <div> of my room.  Like trout in shadow water</div> <div> downstream from the rock.  What's wisdom?</div> <bR> <div> Most of the time what I can see holds still</div> <div> like children playing statues.  Blink</div> <div> and they're gone, they're in the wind.</div> <div> All falling things catch the eye</div> <div> just in time to disappear.</div> <div> Things I cannot prove are there surround me.</div> <div> But once a leaf pulled loose from the branch</div> <div> and I was looking.  Caught the dipping flight</div> <div> of a bird I couldn't name</div> <div> and it seemed like news.  What's wisdom</div> <div> but watching?</div> <bR> <div>           But then</div> <div> the underside of watching:</div> <div> root-tips foraging in stony soil</div> <div> for any encounter.  The harrowing up of the midden.</div> <div> The spark in the cloud, the forked track</div> <div> I know I lack the sight for,</div> <div> half-life measured in milliseconds, but true</div> <div> for as long as it holds still.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Linda Allardt grew up in Southern Tier New York State where many of her poems are set. There's a farm in her family now, a creek with a waterfall, and woods. An editor and writing teacher for many years, she has published three books of poems, including the most recent, "River Effect" (State Street Press, 1998).</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Accused of Wisdom</B><I> </I>is a 48 page hand-sewn paperback with flat spine - $10.00.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> TO ORDER  <B>Accused of Wisdom </B>ON-LINE </div> <div> <B> <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/sc-but-01.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <input type="hidden" name="add" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="fhp@foothillspublishing.com"> <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Accused of Wisdom"> <input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="04-15"> <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="10.00"> <input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> </form>      </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="fhp@foothillspublishing.com"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/images/view_cart.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <input type="hidden" name="display" value="1"> </form>  </FONT></div> <div> To order through mail send total price plus $1.25 Shipping and Handling ($1.75 in Canada; $3.25 other countries) for each address sent to. </div> <bR> <div> Send orders to:   </div> <bR> <div> FootHills Publishing</div> <div> PO Box 68</div> <div> Kanona, NY 14856</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Thank you for your support! </B></div> </BODY>