Seal up the thunder

By: Erin Noteboom

January 2005
88 pages | ISBN 1-894987-00-4
$15.00

Cain reflects on cutting Abel's throat

Now I have lived a long time
and had not thought to see
something new - but something flew
(like sparrows flushed from roost
and then the tree is still)
something flew up, a rush
as fast as flame - and irrevocable.
He said just one word -
God - and it was like
my name. (Ah this
is what God like -
the blood and flame.)
Your brother's blood
make mouth in earth, God said
and with earth and blood
He marked me - half god,
half man, His at last,
and blushing

Reviews

• Bible and Battle (James S. Torrens, America Magazine, 10/17/2005)

Other Titles by Erin Noteboom

• The Mongoose Diaries: Excerpts from a mother's first year (2007)
• Ghost Maps: Poems for Carl Hruska (2003)