balloon
touch of wind which falls
light prodding of body
inside grief gone out
always undulating flame
shrinking and rising in vain
balloon
touch of wind which falls
light prodding of body
inside grief gone out
always undulating flame
shrinking and rising in vain
human rose nonpareil
sweetness beauty’s appetite
rain in warm season
dandelions sprouting now
petal resting amid ashes
the city of the forgotten
the city of snow
rests upon the shores of lethe
the city of slumber
where old women brush their white
hair where friends leave them in sorrow
upstream
fish flounder upstream
bodies move in merciless
current against life
borne swiftly into the midst
of chaos sans sympathy
three clouds in the sky
buzzards whooping at mid-day
tree branches grow out
shafts of light resemble my
sketch of eternity crooked eye
on the ancient pillow
blue feathers black ones
what has cat killed today?
mourning in yellow
beside magenta curtains
garish death tepid triumph
your spacious skies
swarming with irate egrets
bowl of broken nights
rendered visible–grief of
day in shadow’s clutches
remembered season
winter’s younger sister spring
idle among water lilies fancying
some fretless life– gales
billowing over frosted blossoms
another life trapped in stone