My heart, my dove, my snail, my sail, my
    milktooth, shadow, sparrow, fingernail,
        flower-cat and blossom-hedge, mandrake
root now put to bed, moonshell, sea-swell,
    manatee, emerald shining back at me,
        nutmeg, quince, tea leaf and bone, zither,
cymbal, xylophone; paper, scissors, then
    there's stone - Who doesn't come through the door
        to get home?

Cynthia Zarin - Born in New York City, educated Harvard and Columbia, artist-in-residence at Cathedral of St. John the Divine in NYC.