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By Jack Joseph Smith
April Oregon
BELLS IN
THE
MOONLIGHT
By Jack Joseph Smith
Original Scan
AI Interpretation
A title page links April Oregon with the phrase "BELLS IN THE MOONLIGHT."
The page functions as a heading or conceptual marker rather than a developed poem. Its force comes from the stark scale of the handwriting, which makes place, season, sound, and night feel like a single emblem.
"BELLS IN THE MOONLIGHT" stands as a large handwritten title under the small heading "April Oregon."
The contrast between the small place/date phrase and the oversized title gives the page its shape. It feels like the entrance to a nocturnal Oregon piece, where sound is imagined before any narrative begins.