CRICKET FORMATIONS*********************************** Halloween a young boy in a skeleton suit Rain gray doves strung on a wire Mistletoe falling slowly fading shotgun blast *********************************** In this cove waves stirring palm frond reflections Slug pocked sign rusting testimony to a day's bad hunting Night wind flapping loose weatherproofing *********************************** Blue sea bobbing red and white lobster trap buoy Tree covered campus is this the same park I dreamed in childhood dreams? Light breeze striding across campus a thin professor *********************************** Christmas vacation tame ducks starving by the campus lake New Year's Eve moon shining on tinsel Christmas tree wake Spring sun melting children's snow fort tunnels *********************************** First spring rain mudpuddles crossing the road First green appearing buds on the new stake hedge and chameleons Bay wind blowing Coconut Grove sailboats tinkling rigging *********************************** Lobster antennas waving from the twin caves of a cement block The flower of this old tree a treehouse green garden hose spouting a rainbow *********************************** stone house the roof demolished wallpapers flowers sun Tropical gardens in rough patio stones gray sea fan fossils Cavern pool tourists watching blind fish *********************************** Easter Love-In a longhaired child handing out fruit Summer moonlight rotting on our roof a starfish Summer rented house behind closed windows a mummified frog *********************************** Yellow butterflies, flowers leaves Vine leaves pressing church window *********************************** T V A lake beneath calm water Almond City L S D these clouds reveal too much moon England sheep grazing among gravestones *********************************** Piccadilly Circus Cupid's fountain spraying hippies Mounted sailfish lining the walls of Nassau airport Luxembourg black paint on pink brick U.  . A.*********************************** Brighton Beach sharp rocks stumbling bather reveals smooth round young breasts Channel marker and perched birds pointing home Night beach lovers sharing lifeguard stands *********************************** Western version "LSD" haiku LSD the writing on every wall messages growing on every tree and in a water crystal strung sky iconic clouds shift to clearly reveal the moon *********************************** Time for Peace Poems Ceremonial Smile of the Flower Children glimpsed Shantih* lightens my mind allswell allowing a smile which remains without remembering why * Shantih, the Peace Which Passeth Understanding *********************************** Full Lotus Lethe, body resting the thin white stream released like spider strands (another of nature's soft ladders) climbing higher to its source subtly expanding Blossoms *********************************** Eyes There is something between a flower and a gem Eyes something between love and fidelity your eyes in mine eyes are both gem and flower part iris and part calcite smooth eyeball and more the yearning pupil opens to the mind where we can see into the depths of each other like the many meanings in the multi-faceted crystal the black passage opens to the eternal living eons longer than doomed diamonds and brighter than short lived color reflecting flowers Your eyes Yon eyes must be mine sometime Poetic Conclusion Aye, for we are flowers all Aye, for we are priests all Aye, for we are poets all Aye, for we are poet-priests all Aye, for we shall soon be gods All ************************************** ************************************** |
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