800
in this culture find metallic portable shrines for books
three scribes will iron gall,
a crown book,
wrought with gold and jewels
illustrated metalwork
authors
a single line across the page
the lion Mark,
identified by a knotwork
pattern twisting
gold and ink
the eagle John
crucible: crucible
text and
in the joining of plaited
plates
interlaced: three hands, six hands
medium intersection
metal the book
no depth, but inscribe the metal
insular: the art of an island
Jessica Smith, Founding Editor of Foursquare and name magazines, serves as the Librarian for Indian Springs School, where she runs its Visiting Writers Series. She is the author of numerous chapbooks, most recently mnemotechnics (above/ground press 2013), and one full-length collection, Organic Furniture Cellar (Outside Voices 2006). She can be found here.
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