Frission

There is a moment when I’m feeling that intensity of things being — somehow: right; and the indwelling of spirit, that enthusiasm — the en theos, in god, is there. But, to the realm of controlling destinies I don’t know if it is there, this...

The Red Mayfly

The sun is running out to me, like a glinting, rolling skin across salt water; it’s clear now, thousands of blades, shimmering. The books on my shelves, whiten under this brilliance. All greys now, their spines, like bones on the beach. — On stones, I draw...

A note, in meditation (CF Gala)

There’s a cat here this morning, who is always speaking to me of her need to be attended to; she’s got many stories to tell, every morning — this, that, the other. I listen and look at her, when she’s telling me these stories. It’s pretty...

The Wheeling

The stars are brilliant,against ebonized steel,in their pricked spatteringacross the heavens, likea great wheel, sprung outin unknown spokes, castin some patterning whichis beyond my comprehension;but still — it’s not. Trees quaver, blackenedrivulets, like...

Poléng

Rain patterns… I’m sitting, looking at fabric, in my lap. It’s there because I’m wearing it — a layering of black and white banded interlacings, with a mixture of gray at the junctures. It’s plaid. My daughter, Gabrielle, says that...

Bathed In Milk

The ground appears to have been bathed, in milk — liquid light coming down, in buckets from her, moon. Lovely, she does that. Really only once a month, if she reveals herself. I went for a walk this morning, without any clothes. And this pissed off a heron, who...