Vicki Hearne
seven interesting facts
- Vicki Hearne was born in 1946 and died on August 21 2001.
- She wrote many animal poems, some are about horses.
- Hearne has been an animal trainer.
- She grew up in Loiusiana and Mississippi.
- She recieved the 1992 award for fantastic literary from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
- She was born in Austin Texas and she died in Westbrook Connecticut.
- She knew a lot about domesticated animals and wrote a book called Adam's Task.
January 6
January 6
We must stop bragging. There are limits
For us to the cold and the twelfth night
Marks them all. Just off the coast of Maine
The lobster boats pass, dragging their nets.
Capsize once in a while, in water
Like that you die, that’s all, that water
Isn’t even frozen. Not even
Frozen, and that’s as cold as it gets.
The hearts of birds beat voraciously
So they keep warm, so if you put out
A feeder, keep it full of the seeds
Their hearts feed on, then it is only
When their food runs out that you find them
Inexpressibly taut in hollows,
And that’s as cold as it ever gets.
The Archer
The Archer
The sudden thuck of landing
The arrow made in the mark
Of the center lifted and
Loosened his skin. And so he
Stood, hearing it like many
Thrusting breaths driven to ground.
He abandoned the long light
Flight of arrows and the slow
Parabolas bows dream of
For the swifter song beyond
Flesh. Song of moments. The earth
Turned its molten balance.
He stood hearing it again:
The precise shudder the arrow
Sought and returned to, flaming.
Passing over your virtues
Passing Over Your Virtues
By Vicki Hearne
To pass over in silence
Is to acknowledge logic,
The necessity of form,
The stunning curve of language,
The curious way it seems
To turn out that “love” means “need”
Even in a lush garden.
To pass over the Red Sea
Or your bounty—so long as
True silence and not some tense
Paralysis of the false
Is achieved—then Passover
Is always a charity,
The painted fish in the blue
Water turns to their own colors.
To pass over in silence
Is to acknowledge you if
This chatter dissolve as it
Will in the marvelous sky.