silence the heart the heart the heart
(Frogpond 36.3)
on what the delta mouths agree
(is/let o6.o4.2o2o)
IGNEOUS
w/o distraction
one can still
see the fire
& w/ some
patience even
the rock
(otata 42)
coming down off
the steppe
the poplars now
cypresses
the grasses now
sea
(Otoliths 48)
in the cypresses
the village
cemetery
a little darker
than day
(otata 45)
down
a
path
made
by
water
paw
hoof
foot
(Bones
20)
a drop
of rain
ripple
rings
of the
tree
(Otoliths
56)
a rock
waits
till no
longer
left for
dead
(Bones
19)