Fall/Winter 2008                                                               Volume 6.2                                                     last updated  Thursday, June 25, 2009

Ingot
Jim Fisher

a seed of crystal silicon lowered
in a melt
and pulled
rotating from a crucible
will lift
a cylinder
of solute, crystallizing
into air
as a word
dropped into mind and
drawn
will surface
with the element of spirit
spinning
as it cools