Aerial escape
with Daedalus’s help
marionette freed
from earthly strings
slipped through a seam
to exotic party
invited to ride
expansive sky
unbounded beyond
to wondrous sights
perhaps I may return with wings
if I do Buddhist things.
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Fall Foliage #3
Fiery contagion
generating only beauty
burned to crisps underneath
climax color at red-hot heat
sunlit to glowing pitch
rapturously radiant
yellows, gold succeed
leaping top to top
in total conflagration
the forest succumbs
ghostly, haunting presence
littered with bronze ashes.
generating only beauty
burned to crisps underneath
climax color at red-hot heat
sunlit to glowing pitch
rapturously radiant
yellows, gold succeed
leaping top to top
in total conflagration
the forest succumbs
ghostly, haunting presence
littered with bronze ashes.
Fall Foliage #4
Sunlight at a slant
streaming, streaming
through backlit leaves
resplendent in golds and reds
recasting the forest
in stained-glass frames
autumn illuminated
through intricate panes
tall, dark tree trunks
multiples of thin and thick
taming the brilliance
in vertical dimension
seasonal cathedral
consecrated woods
rendered sacred
by sublime light.
streaming, streaming
through backlit leaves
resplendent in golds and reds
recasting the forest
in stained-glass frames
autumn illuminated
through intricate panes
tall, dark tree trunks
multiples of thin and thick
taming the brilliance
in vertical dimension
seasonal cathedral
consecrated woods
rendered sacred
by sublime light.
First Botany Lesson
Sitting in ticklish grass
nestled in backyard green
fingers, toes, tongue exploring
each blade a newfound treasure
scrutinized with Buddha looks
for truth-revealed meaning
fluttering leaves overhead
whispering sweet lullabies
pitched solely to an infant ear
indiscriminate fragrances
filtering through layered air
snared by his nose’s interest
all manner of sensations
extending an invitation
to feast at Earth’s botanical table.
nestled in backyard green
fingers, toes, tongue exploring
each blade a newfound treasure
scrutinized with Buddha looks
for truth-revealed meaning
fluttering leaves overhead
whispering sweet lullabies
pitched solely to an infant ear
indiscriminate fragrances
filtering through layered air
snared by his nose’s interest
all manner of sensations
extending an invitation
to feast at Earth’s botanical table.
At Daybreak
Pinkish shreds
like sugared wisps
spun by the sun
into billowy puffs
pastel fantasies
in stratospheric parade
bleached summarily
in the bright white of day.
like sugared wisps
spun by the sun
into billowy puffs
pastel fantasies
in stratospheric parade
bleached summarily
in the bright white of day.
Afternoon with an Artifice
Gazer beside a soccer field
one ordinary October day
lazily in wait for eager players
a monarch joins the absent crowd
colored trees rearrange their leaves
around this wide, green arena
ivy-covered towers stand beyond
where scholarship is exercised
in gentle, contemplative study
among books filled with horrific wars
artfully imagined stories
philosophical exegeses
suddenly a shadow overtakes
a hawk with struggling prey
flies home to eat its dinner.
one ordinary October day
lazily in wait for eager players
a monarch joins the absent crowd
colored trees rearrange their leaves
around this wide, green arena
ivy-covered towers stand beyond
where scholarship is exercised
in gentle, contemplative study
among books filled with horrific wars
artfully imagined stories
philosophical exegeses
suddenly a shadow overtakes
a hawk with struggling prey
flies home to eat its dinner.
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