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by Eric Pankey

Beyond the traceries of the auroras，

The fires of tattered¹ sea foam²，

The ghost-terrain of submerged icebergs³；

Beyond a cinder⁴ dome's black sands，

Beyond peninsula and archipelago，

Archipelago and far-flung islands，

You have made of exile a homeland，

Voyager， and of that chosen depth， a repose⁵.

A dance of crisscrosses and trespasses⁹

Through distillate glints and nacreous silts¹⁰，

And the sun， like fronds¹¹ of royal palm

Wind-torn， tossed， lashes¹² upon the wake，

But no lamplight mars or bleaches¹³ your realm，

A dark of sediment¹⁴， spawn¹⁵， slough¹⁶， and lees，

Runoff， pitch-black， from the rivers of Psalms¹⁷.

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1 tattered
adj.破旧的，衣衫破的
参考例句：
Her tattered clothes in no way detracted from her beauty.她的破衣烂衫丝毫没有影响她的美貌。 Their tattered clothing and broken furniture indicated their poverty.他们褴褛的衣服和破烂的家具显出他们的贫穷。

2 foam
v./n.泡沫，起泡沫
参考例句：
The glass of beer was mostly foam.这杯啤酒大部分是泡沫。 The surface of the water is full of foam.水面都是泡沫。

3 icebergs
n.冰山，流冰( iceberg的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The drift of the icebergs in the sea endangers the ships. 海上冰山的漂流危及船只的安全。来自《简明英汉词典》 The icebergs towered above them. 冰山高耸于他们上方。来自辞典例句

4 cinder
n.余烬，矿渣
参考例句：
The new technology for the preparation of superfine ferric oxide from pyrite cinder is studied.研究了用硫铁矿烧渣为原料，制取超细氧化铁红的新工艺。 The cinder contains useful iron,down from producing sulphuric acid by contact process.接触法制硫酸的矿渣中含有铁矿。

5 repose
v.(使)休息；n.安息
参考例句：
Don't disturb her repose.不要打扰她休息。 Her mouth seemed always to be smiling,even in repose.她的嘴角似乎总是挂着微笑，即使在睡眠时也是这样。

6 eel
n.鳗鲡
参考例句：
He used an eel spear to catch an eel.他用一只捕鳗叉捕鳗鱼。 In Suzhou,there was a restaurant that specialized in eel noodles.苏州有一家饭馆，他们那里的招牌菜是鳗鱼面。

7 shimmers
n.闪闪发光，发微光( shimmer的名词复数 )v.闪闪发光，发微光( shimmer的第三人称单数 )
参考例句：
The hot pavement sent up shimmers. 晒热的道路浮起热气晃动的景象。来自辞典例句 Sunlight shimmers on the waters of the bay. 阳光在海湾的水面上闪烁。来自辞典例句

8 darts
n.掷飞镖游戏；飞镖( dart的名词复数 )；急驰，飞奔v.投掷，投射( dart的第三人称单数 )；向前冲，飞奔
参考例句：
His darts trophy takes pride of place on the mantelpiece. 他将掷镖奖杯放在壁炉顶上最显著的地方。来自《简明英汉词典》 I never saw so many darts in a bodice! 我从没见过紧身胸衣上纳了这么多的缝褶！来自《简明英汉词典》

9 trespasses
罪过( trespass的名词复数 )；非法进入
参考例句：
If you forgive men their trespasses,your Heavenly Father will also forgive you. 如果你们饶恕他们的过失，你们的天父也必将饶恕你们的过失。 Forgive us our trespasses! 宽恕我们的罪过吧！

10 silts
v.（河流等）为淤泥淤塞( silt的第三人称单数 )；（使）淤塞
参考例句：
Consolidation settlement occurs mainly in clays or silts. 压缩沉降主要出现在粘土或粉沙中。来自辞典例句 Today blowing sand dusts the town and silts its harbor. 如今的摩卡，狂沙肆虐，港口淤缩，一派荒芜。来自互联网

11 fronds
n.蕨类或棕榈类植物的叶子( frond的名词复数 )
参考例句：
You can pleat palm fronds to make huts, umbrellas and baskets. 人们可以把棕榈叶折叠起来盖棚屋，制伞，编篮子。来自百科语句 When these breezes reached the platform the palm-fronds would whisper. 微风吹到平台时，棕榈叶片发出簌簌的低吟。来自辞典例句

12 lashes
n.鞭挞( lash的名词复数 )；鞭子；突然猛烈的一击；急速挥动v.鞭打( lash的第三人称单数 )；煽动；紧系；怒斥
参考例句：
Mother always lashes out food for the children's party. 孩子们聚会时，母亲总是给他们许多吃的。来自《简明英汉词典》 Never walk behind a horse in case it lashes out. 绝对不要跟在马后面，以防它突然猛踢。来自《简明英汉词典》

13 bleaches
使（颜色）变淡，变白，漂白( bleach的第三人称单数 )
参考例句：
Oxidation of soils by bleaches can break down large molecules into smaller segments with polar sites. 关于漂白对污垢的氧化作用，使其大分子裂解为带极性基因的短链段。 Clean up spilled medicines, bleaches and gasoline and other flammable liquids. 清除溢出的药品，漂白剂、汽油和其他易燃易爆液体。

14 sediment
n.沉淀，沉渣，沉积(物)
参考例句：
The sediment settled and the water was clear.杂质沉淀后，水变清了。 Sediment begins to choke the channel's opening.沉积物开始淤塞河道口。

15 spawn
n.卵，产物，后代，结果；vt.产卵，种菌丝于，产生，造成；vi.产卵，大量生产
参考例句：
The fish were madly pushing their way upstream to spawn.鱼群为产卵而疯狂地向上游挤进。 These fish will lay spawn in about one month from now.这些鱼大约一个月内会产卵。

16 slough
v.蜕皮，脱落，抛弃
参考例句：
He was not able to slough off the memories of the past.他无法忘记过去。 A cicada throws its slough.蝉是要蜕皮的。

17 psalms
n.赞美诗( psalm的名词复数 )；圣诗；圣歌；(中的)
参考例句：
the Book of Psalms 《〈圣经〉诗篇》 A verse from Psalms knifed into Pug's mind: "put not your trust in princes." 《诗篇》里有一句话闪过帕格的脑海：“不要相信王侯。” 来自辞典例句