Liminal Light
by Dennis Patrick Slattery

Before the night has thought
To lift his velvet curtain
To a sun rolling lambent,
Dreams stir between the pillows
Seeking a gambit of myrrh.

Dawn glows eastward against
The will of sleep
To keep hushed the future,
Signs of one soul's flesh to seek.

I cannot tumble past yesterdays
With the skill of subtle morn
But feel the drive of inner
Worlds in mist divine adorned.

The plashes yellow against
Dream's figures unfurled
Yet up now, tis past
Lauds and noon ready
To uncurl.

Dennis Patrick Slattery, Ph. D. is a member of the Core Faculty in Mythological Studies, Pacifica Graduate Institute. He is the author of 12 books, including 3 volumes of poetry, two with accompanying CDs. His poetry has appeared in many journals and magazines over the years. He has written more than 200 articles and reviews that focus on the confluence of culture, spirit, soul, myth and poetics. Dr. Slattery's work includes The Idiot: Dostoevsky's Fantastic Prince and The Wounded Body: Remembering the Markings of Flesh (Suny Series in Psychoanalysis and Culture), and Station-To-Station: A Monastic Memoir. He is co-editor with Lionel Corbett of Depth Psychology: Meditations in the Field as well as Psychology at the Threshold, and a volume of poetry, Casting the Shadows: Selected Poems. His most recent work is a collection of poetry, A Limbo of Shards: Essays on Memory Myth and Metaphor. He is a Fellow of The Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture where he teaches the classics each summer to high school teachers in a Summer Institute for Teachers. He lectures and offers workshops to a variety of Jungian groups in the United States and Canada.

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