December 2013

nature break . . .
the clerk gets a whiff
of his body

after love
my emptiness . . .
my self

human at one nature in divine forever now

Taranaki rain . . .
an image of Fujisan
breaks through

ninth hour . . .
wind ripples sink
into the pond

deepening night . . .
the becoming flesh
of some shadow

at year's end
wanting nothing else
i gorge on my tail

skylark on the rise . . .
a buddhist neophyte clings
to his apron strings

after the storm
a heron between this breath
and the next

grave silence . . .
a dancer slips out
of her dance

this summer
my friends enfolded now
in these dreams
of their unfolding

rainlight —
a new covenant
fills the air

altarwise vigil —
from the bottom of the well
a light at the end?

silent night . . .
a foetus sucks
its toe

Christmas eve —
a tree shadow inches
up Golgotha

pine breeze . . .
emptiness rustles
through my sketch

by this light
my shadow's shimmer
becomes me

summer rain . . .
the delirium of flies
uncoupling

slimy pool
the reflection of me
in its source

a god jumps into its conclusion

laid bare
a chthonic god
wastes away

in the folds
of a road map . . .
coupling flies

setting sun . . .
the lengths my shadow
will grow to

private concerns -
I yield to general
disaster

doctored
the alley cat eyeing
who's on first

in memory of Madiba

amandla!
what wind passes through
river reeds?

dawn parade —
a combed poet crows
his glory

logic gate —
a cat smiles hellbent
with the moon

humid night —
an ordinary life
deeply livid

winter gloom . . .
a bird folds into
its shadows