Parallel Poems - March 2014

Written on 22 October 2019.

Gaudete Sunday —
the ciborium so full
within the darkness

Written on 22 October 2019.

summer idyll —
a wild strawberry bobs
on her belly

Written on 22 October 2019.

after love
moonlight blurs
our edges

Written on 22 October 2019.

star stream . . .
the road within
darkens

Written on 22 October 2019.

leftover
drone of cicadas . . .
shopping mall

Written on 22 October 2019.

river fog . . .
the heart of darkness
overspills

Written on 22 October 2019.

autumn sky
darkness enters
the leaves

Written on 22 October 2019.

death march!
first quarter moon
in autumn

Written on 22 October 2019.

pre-born moon —
the sea swells up
in darkness

Written on 22 October 2019.

hush . . .
a leaf is loosening
its grip

Written on 22 October 2019.

Ash Wednesday —
a first rain dampens
graveside dust

Written on 22 October 2019.

across the score
a cicada's
last note

Written on 22 October 2019.

drawn out scrawl
of a late cicada
on the canvas

Written on 23 January 2017.

lenten retreat . . .
a sparrow cocks its head
into silence

Written on 23 January 2017.

last cicada . . .
the silence crackles
around it

Written on 23 January 2017.

first light
the fall from it
all around

Written on 23 January 2017.

losing heart
a loss of words
fills the air

Written on 23 January 2017.

soundless by starlight —
the poet sipping darkness
from a mirror's eyes

Written on 23 January 2017.

scented night —
a moth enters the hush
between stars