Assemblage 3: its whisper
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cave drawing
tides change
its whisper |
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Washington Monument
still there on its southern wall
the panhandler's shadow |
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Bird-of-Paradise –
dewdrops
on a spider's web |
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spring marathon walk on stilts walkman on still |
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mardi gras greed in fox mask for flax seed dumplings |
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this morning I am longer than the sunrise |
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birth spot on my back
my mother stole a carrot
with me in her womb (*) |
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into a steel pail wetness whitely jet
ting out of pink teats |
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the hidden history in the wrinkles of my father's face |
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the sunshine ends here
or begins here —
old man dreaming |
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with one hard bite
of the apple's color,
waiting for autumn |
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moon jellies
shimmering in the bay
twilit waves |
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heat lightning –
the soft sounds
of a mosquito |
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in the circle of fireflies my father adds new moons |
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with a face
ready for it,
the medicine |
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the voice of the reeds,
when the old man is quieted,
rambles on |
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hospital visit —
seeing my fear
in her eyes |
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silkworm
choosing the white kimono
for her burial |
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in a nest on a branch in a pine above her tombstone nothing |
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leaving my room
smoke of the blown-out candle
in winter sunlight |
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winter solstice
slowly my father's fingers trace
the wood grain |
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deep midst the mountains
a disappearing sutra
visiting a grave
山中に消えゆるお経墓参り |
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Authors (from the top):
"cave drawing" Francis Attard; "Washington Monument" Ed Markowski; "Bird-of-Paradise" Francis Masat; "spring marathon...," "mardi gras..." Francis Attard; "this morning..." Jacob Kobina Ayiah Mensah; "birth spot..." (*) A Bulgarian superstition has it, a pregnant woman who steals a fruit or a vegetable from neighbor will beget a child with a birth spot in the form of the stolen item. Kalina Trendafilova; "into a steel pail" Peter Yovu; "the hidden history..." Dietmar Tauchner; "the sunshine ends here" Tyrone McDonald; "with one hard bite" Jeffrey Woodward; "moon jellies" Susan Constable; "heat lightning" Francis Masat; "in the circle..." Jacob Kobina Ayiah Mensah; "with a face," "the voice of the reeds" Jeffrey Woodward; "hospital visit" Susan Constable; "silkworm" Nora Wood; "in a nest..." Ed Markowski; "leaving my room" Michael Lindenhofer; "winter solstice" Wende DuFlon; "deep midst" Danny Blackwell (original in Japanese)
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