num_pages: 70
description: These mystical lyrics retell the biblical story of Ha'gar. "The Casting of Stones"She is raw, as if a great hand whittled her down to bone.She gleams beneath her eyes; she is full with the death of desire,with the absence of useless moons. She is the conundrumof what is filled, her emptiness beyond our ken; she holdsnothing; her skin, a sieve. She is gone beyondus, where dust is water and water, sprinkling sand.We have walked with our sandals upon her; we have leanedinto her void. We have called out her namein the desert; we have found twelve polished stones. Veronica Golos is director of poetry programs at the 14th Street Y.
language: English
title: A Bell Buried Deep
titlecomplete: A Bell Buried Deep (Nicholas Roerich Poetry Prize Library)
genres: Poetry
ratings_count: 11
publisher: Story Line Press