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THE HERM by KATHLEEN JESSIE RAINE

Poet Analysis

First Line: BLIND I KNOW WITH SENSES RISING FROM FERN AND TREE
Last Line: HEAVEN'S SWIFT-WINGED FIAT, EARTH'S PRIMEVAL MONOLITH.
Subject(s): BLINDNESS; LOVE; SOUL; VISUALLY HANDICAPPED;

Blind I know with senses rising from fern and tree,
Blind lips and fingers trace a god no eyes can see,
Blind I touch love's monster form that bounds
My world of field and forest, crowns my hills.
Blind I worship a blind god in his hour
Whose serpent-wand over my soul has power
To lead the crowding souls back from the borders of death,
Heaven's swift-winged fiat, earth's primeval monolith.



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