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Annie the Bard, Ann Bardens-McClellan
painting 'to the centre'

"To the Centre"
Eileen Millard


Currently, I am collaborating with Eileen Paul Millard on our second book, Journey to the Centre. This painting and corresponding poem are from that book.



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from the book Journey to the Centre

The Centre

for Eileen

In a vast white landscape
infinity can't be written,
silence is an ally, longing
leads to madness. Lost
in absolute space, caught
in white winter light, I learn
to break the code. My stolen tongue
taps out secret signals cracking
on contact with brittle air.

-- Ann Bardens