Call for Poetry

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#339999" TEXT="#080000" background="01ed4c00ermwqr.png"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="95" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 46 WIDTH="91"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="46" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="91" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>That the People </B><B>Might </B><B>Live</B></div> <div> <B>I</B><B> am</B><B> circling around</B><B> </B><B>God, around the ancient tower,</B></div> <div> <B>and I have been circling for a thousand years,</B></div> <div> <B>and I still don't know if I am a falcon or a storm,</B></div> <div> <B>or a great song .</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Rainer Maria Rilke</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#EEEEEE" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="558" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#6633CC" BORDERCOLORDARK="#CC99CC" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#339999 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 28 WIDTH="546"><div> <B>Call for Poetry</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#339999" FACE="Symbol" ><B>   ·   </B></FONT><A HREF="poetry.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="New Poetry"><U>New Poetry</U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#339999" FACE="Symbol" ><B>   ·   </B></FONT><A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Poetry Archive"><U>Poetry Archive</U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#339999" FACE="Symbol" ><B>   ·   </B></FONT><A HREF="chanting_press.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chanting Press"><U>Chanting Press</U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#339999" FACE="Symbol" ><B>   ·   </B></FONT><A HREF="manifestations.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Manifestations"><U>Manifestations</U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#339999" FACE="Symbol" ><B>   ·   </B></FONT><A HREF="id67.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Grandmother"><U>Grandmother</U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#339999" FACE="Symbol" ><B>   ·   </B></FONT><A HREF="id37.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mad Sweeney"><U>Mad Sweeney</U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#339999" FACE="Symbol" ><B>   ·   </B></FONT><A HREF="the_sweeney_lacunae.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Soldiers Heart"><U>Soldier's Heart</U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#339999" FACE="Symbol" ><B>   ·   </B></FONT><A HREF="id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Canticle of the Creatures"><U>Canticle of the Creatures</U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#339999" FACE="Symbol" ><B>   ·   </B></FONT><A HREF="id68.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Gabriel Rosenstock"><U>Gabriel Rosenstock</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 73 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0d14e490.png" border=0 width="78" height="73" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#6633CC" FACE="Tempus Sans ITC" ><B>The Fourth Order of Francis and Clare </B></FONT></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B> </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="home"><U><B>home</B></U></A><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#6633CC" FACE="Arial" ><B>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#6633CC" FACE="Tempus Sans ITC" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id63.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dec 04"><U><B>site guide</B></U></A></FONT></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="poetry.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="New Poetry"><U><B>To View New Poems</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Call for Poetry</B></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="4" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="527" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#000000" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#663366 HEIGHT= 76 WIDTH="511"><div> <B>We begin this millennium at the crossroads of choice:</B></div> <div> <B> to affirm life by cooperative and diligent efforts toward justice, </B></div> <div> <B>to choose the old path of war, or to make a leap into uncharted waters, new questions, new understandings.</B> </div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>To Submit Poetry</B></div> <div> We are seeking poetry that engages the questions of our time,</div> <div>  that is fearless in the face of apparent paradox,</div> <div>  and wrestles with what is foundational and transcendent </div> <div> in the quest for new answers and perhaps even new questions.  </div> <bR> <div> Send your work to<B> </B><A HREF="mailto:poetswritersartists@fourthorder.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:poetswritersartists@fourthorder.o"><U><B>Poetry</B></U></A>.</div> <bR> <div> By sending your poem you grant us the right to place it on this web site with your name. All rights are retained by you. The only remuneration we can afford is the privilege of participating in a community literary venture and a thank you. </div> <div>  </div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>