Thursday, July 18, 2019
THE LAMP
The lamp
within the stone,
like a star's
particles
flying at us,
light
we notice
or don't as
we go on
looking
at the surface
of things.
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
THE CEDAR / IN THE WINDOW
The cedar
in the window
is somehow
changed
by my seeing
it. I am
somehow
changed
by its being
there. Neither
of us
speak of this
in ordinary
moments.
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
SHADOW
Monday, July 15, 2019
I WONDER
I wonder
do creatures
of the far
stars have clowns?
Do they know
as we do
that when we
laugh, we laugh
at ourselves?
Do they laugh
at themselves
as we do,
at the far
darkness in
the heart of
our dark hearts?
Sunday, July 14, 2019
GREAT BLUE
Great blue
heron
in the
grey sky
above the
library--
what does it
bring me
that I need
now? What
do I take?
Before you
can answer,
the bird
is gone.
Saturday, July 13, 2019
AT THAT MOMENT
Friday, July 12, 2019
THE LOCUSTS
How do the
locusts count
to seventeen
in their long
darkness of
waiting? Why
do they sing
all summer
in their time?
What does their
pregnant silence
mean in other
years? What else
am I not
meant to know?
