Abstract
Notice D. S. Martin (bio) Do we ever stop to notice the rightness of organic designsthe broad-leafed maples that grab every raindrop they canevery ray of light so light that they're almost weightlessextending as far as possible beyond the branches' reachproviding a place for us to escape the heat & for mosses& mushrooms to flourish on the forest floor?Is it coincidence that their fibres are so fittingfor a builder's needs for fuelthat their roots prevent soil from washing away& they breathe out what we need to breathe in? Do we notice the efficiency of man-made thingsthe strength of intersecting lines right angleswithin a window frame dividing four panes of glasstelephone pole after telephone pole stretching acrossthe prairie a ship's mast rising above the seathat practical recurring patternbuilders use when framing a house?Do you think as I do of its significancebeyond that of structural design& notice heaven wink at the coincidence? [End Page 126] D. S. Martin D.S. Martin is a Canadian poet whose work has appeared in Canadian Literature, Christianity & Literature, The Dalhousie Review and Queen's Quarterly. His most recent poetry collection, Poiema (Wipf & Stock, 2008) received an award from The Word Guild in 2009. ds_martin@yahoo.com Copyright © 2011 The Johns Hopkins University Press
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