Joan of Arc

by Daniel Wilcox

So
Joan
of Arc
trans--
ported
on the deluge
of history to us,
feminine ‘noahing’
opening up a window
to heaven
i don’t
believe.
no, Joan,
hilted
swords
aren’t
crosses.*
so
up
s
i
d
e
d
o
w
n
a
n
a
c
t.


*Reverse of Miguel Unamuno’s infamous
statement in The Tragic Sense of Life that
a sword is like a cross