Nesmejána reflects the wonder
of laughter
Biography of the hero
who made the princess laugh
She has fallen asleep
Still connected to the Forest
She has a tie with grain and sowing
laughter ploughing and meeting
and water
She is the water
Husbandless mother
Ritual laughter
The name “Isaac” means laughter
Story of the princess who would
not laugh
Nesmejána
Trail of springs she has left
Ourself answer Ourself
A hunts-up or morning song
At kingdom of Else-shore
Magi such as are magi
Come to us or come back to us
chaotic countrymen dreamed
Cross desert of Skehantowanoo
Fox Gap Tat Gap Wind Gap
Conduct and pilgrim congregation
torn flag torn proclamation
In turnip-patch by meetinghouse
jarred rover Jack Straw
Families meet with their names
Suburban play parents reading
I am also my secretary
We set out from Bethlehem
Metaphor or ghost of metaphor
Commander and sumpter soldier
Far from mastery
sea bones on the prairie
I write at night
Writing by night
of the world the world
Plans and whereabout
Sensible or mental
the War and the Fleet
Wish Tower Hill
a far saying felt by its fluttering
first Age of old age
spoke quietly halfspoke
Close in dim distance
tatter of brute meaning
Animal skins over children
and the hurts of children