with the minds of critics
and needs emptying
upwards
(for AJS)
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Into this quiet room; with sweet relief
the glorious, restless world no longer thiefthrough thought, of all that for that oneness yearns;and now, in peace, outside the window shineall life’s specifics; all its passing show,now from this peace, seen as a play divine;all restlessness now gone; time, ever now;and in this heavenly peace, the heart’s laid barein all its nature, born from…
‘Rosemary – that’s for remembrance..’
that tough yet choosy herb,giving of itself;remembrance, perhaps, for Northern Europeans,of that package tour to Crete:rising early, that first morning,the body clock not quite adjusted,the sun already warming mountain-sidesbefore it reaches down into the valley;already, the intoxicating scent of wild herbsrolling slowly down the hillside, telling you,this, this, could be paradise..below you, blue morning seabeyond…
From time to time, when
these things matter, I pick respectfullythe plastic flowers from their vase,wash the vase, wipe the dustoff the leaves with a moist cloth,dip the flower-heads in wateras one would give someonea holy bathand then replace them ina slightly new position in the vase,a slightly new position on the table.absurdity andsomething beautifulhave met and got along together…
The poet, bent over the paper, ink-brush in hand,
did not see the first stork of the Springin the limitless blue sky,a new poem in its beak
Sometimes fat fingers on the keyboard
not cursing as usualat the way my brain brain he saysand hand were not wired up properly,but laughing out loudwith sheer delight like a childmeeting the joy of absurdity in wordswhich somehow gets suppressedin the years of growing… down?I’ve just written a commentabout such matters of mistyping, andthere on the paper it is in black…
playground
the swing squeaking, creakingbut firmthe child laughingtesting the limits of freedomthe freedom of limitssensing but forgettingthe firm post on which it swingsfirm as a parent’s loveunmoving stillnessthe child swingingboth held in lovefor Skadi meic Beorh