November 2014

such stillness!
sun-shifting shadows
move the pine
autumn deepens . . .
all the candlelight
aflame within
mantra rhythm
rattling peas 
in a pod
bread and wine . . .
a reluctant earth 
offers thanks
On Richard Wright's death day -
 
spring wind
bringing back something
beyond recall
On William Blake's death day -
 
heaven and hell . . .
forgotten gods mouth off
from the human breast
On Basho's death day -
 
cold drizzle . . .
dreams splutter upon
the master's lips
on her stillness
the disfigurement
of a fly's shadow
touchstone moon
enlightenment pales
under it
behold him!
a desolate beach
being born
fog-smudged
the melodrama
of sea and sky
Nanking bet—
a hundred heads roll
their eyes
chaos theory . . .
a verb edges between 
subject and object
cosmic tide—
between coming 
and going
what bird is that
singing of light
yet to be?
spring deluge
terror takes on
my son's name
spring storm . . .
my roots, how deep 
do they go?
democratic might
fighting for the right to kill
without compunction
be this
merciful as I am
imperfect
on Gallipoli
the cannon fodder
of empire
on the altar
intoning incense
holy fire
denatured love . . .
avarice ages into
its majority
 
against the ropes
a city loses
its flavour
errant breeze
child and laureate 
chase the same words
 
city rain—
a downtrodden moon
underfoot
at last
with twilit birds
the stillness
this light
from Aldebaran
at my birth
All Soul's Day
a star's understudy
in the wings
stellar crux 
scared no longer
sacred scars

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