Songs for the Millenium (Past)

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=210 BGCOLOR="#99CC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0408dfc3.jpg"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0fbab0b0.jpg" border=0 width="171" height="267" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=82 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0418dfe1esnpes.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#663300" FACE="Blackadder ITC" ><B><IMG SRC="25ab9210.jpg" border=0 width="185" height="33" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </B></FONT><B>    </B><B>|</B><B>     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Harpy Music"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id38.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Hand Beneath the Hill"><U>The Hand Beneath the Hill</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id40.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Atomic Alice"><U>Atomic Alice</U></A>   |   <B>Songs for the Millenium (Past)</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=398 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0418dfc3.jpg"> <div> <B>Songs for the Millenium (Past)</B></div> <div> <B>by Deborah Ethier</B></div> <div> <I><B> </B></I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#003399" FACE="Arial Narrow" ><I><B>A 24-pg chapbook published by Plowman Press in 1990, "Songs for the Millenium (Past)" contains 11 poems, each with is own full-page black-and-white illustration facing the poem.</B></I></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>A sample: </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>"Roman Earring (Pompeii)"</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Run the whited shells:</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>The Song, Shepherds, Silted stairs,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Looped and hollow hoop of gold.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Strike the scattered bronze:</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Sirens, Seers, flesh of clay,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Satyrs clothed in gilded mold,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Looped and hollow hoop of gold.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Rhyme the flinted swords:</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Serpents, circlets, sacred suns,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Burnt desires, carved and cold,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Looped and hollow hoop of gold.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Smooth the linen skulls:</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>The Soil, Secrets, shifting stars,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>The dust that clings, the dust of fear,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Fossilled bread, a story told...</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Looped and hollow hoop of gold.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>A sample page:</B></I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="0f70a920.jpg" border=0 width="522" height="402" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>$5 US including postage</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><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/x-click-but22.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="mdethier@mnsi.net"> <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Songs for the Millenium (Past)"> <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="5.00"> <input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> </form>  </B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B> <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="mdethier@mnsi.net"> <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>  </B></I></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>