- Collection:
- LGBTQ Collection
- Title:
- "Another Covenant" poetry card by Franklin Abbott, Atlanta, Georgia, Autumn 1983. (1 card, violet printing on blue-colored card stock)
- Creator:
- Abbott, Franklin
- Contributor to Resource:
- Gough, Cal, 1948-
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia State University Library
- Date of Original:
- 1983
- Subject:
- Gay authors--Letters
Gay men--Letters
Poetry - People:
- Abbott, Franklin--Correspondence
Gough, Cal, 1948- --Correspondence - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- cards (information artifacts)
poems - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- In envelope addressed to "Messers Gough and Schwartz." Envelope inscribed Autumn 1983 by Gough. Text of poem: Another Covenant // every year in Spring I wait / for the blue iris / to send its spikes / over blades of the palest green / as if to penetrate heaven / I watch / for a radical redirection / as each indigo tipped spear / unfurls one petal at a time / and weapon becomes blossom / there is no wounding of the sky / only a cup for the wind / and rain / when is an empty hand / an open hand / when each finger of its own rhythm / is warmed to the softness / of potter's clay / a hand becomes a vessel / deep enough to harbor / what is needed to fill a life / the space it redefines / is not a void / but a promise // Franklin Abbott
- Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/lgbtq/id/1414
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/iiif/2/lgbtq:1414/manifest.json
- Additional Rights Information:
- This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
- Original Collection:
- Cal Gough, loaned for digitization
Archives for Research on Women and Gender - Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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