L'AVENTURE AMERICAINE : POEME DE HELENE M. JOHNSON

                           FULFILLMENT

      TO CLIMB A HILL THAT HUNGERS FOR THE SKY

      TO DIE MY HANDS WRIST DEEP IN PREGNANT EARTH

      TO WATCH A YOUNG BIRD, VEERING, LEARN TO FLY

      TO GIVE A STILL, STARK POEM SHINING BIRTH

                           HELENE M. JOHNSON