Heather Ann Schmidt

Upon Observing Virgin and Child on the Crescent Moon (c.1480) at the DIA

You hold this child up as if
he will keep the forces
of Andromeda ....
and he reaches out--
pulling strings that hold stars,
facing east

waiting for them
to swing toward one another

but dark matter suspends them.

And your crown rests upon your head,
as if you have a need to carry the world.

I hear Nacht Unde Traume :

Heil'ge Nacht, du sinkest nieder;
Nieder wallen auch die Träume
Wie dein licht durch die Räume,

and that moment of pure silence comes,
a waiting--
an expectation
of your half closed eyes to look up at me.



Also from Heather Ann Schmidt:
Cranbrook
A Light on 7 Mile

Contributor Bio

Heather Ann Schmidt is an adjunct professor at Oakland Community College. She edits tinfoildresses poetry journal and Quiddities Journal. Her poems can be found in various online and print journals. Her chapbook, Channeling Isadora Duncan, was recently released from Gold Wake Press and her first full collection of poems, Chasing Lou Hoover, is forthcoming from Village Green Press. She received her MFA from National University and hopes to begin pursuing her PhD at Union Institute in 2010. Visit her website at http://www.heatherannschmidt.synthasite.com.