An ass enters an eastern street,
raises tense ears, tastes
transient tears,
senses a rare, an instant, stir;
trees tear at air, net satin rain,
set in train an insistent rite.
An as starts, strains at reins,
assents;
an artisan sits at ease, sees,
is seen: sane? insane? saint?
sinner?
Hosanna,
anyway!
(April,
1990)
Brief: 8 lines, octosyllabic, using only the six most common
letters
in Scrabble, namely a, e, i, n, r, t and one other
of
your choice, s.
