****** Have not been totally dormant poetically speaking. I am working on a long poem which will be called “In the Midst of the Years,” a phrase from the Book of Habakkuk 3:2. The poem is anticipated to be about 750 lines, of about 10 or so sections. Right now I am on section 6. This is the current draft of section 2. I am being very deliberate about this one, and it will likely be many months or years in the offing. For good or ill.