Overtones
The lights and shades of words,
so long dispersed
by treasured prisms,
formed patterns, thought
(as lips spoke them)
painful discoveries.
So long gazing there
deep sunlight was decked
with after-images.
Yet, in a while, notice
that sad history of a usage
clear:
look through
transparent distance
into enriching ignorance.
.......................
In Creation
Let the letter lust,
the conceit conceive
and the syllable bubble.
..................
Portent
The swinging sign screeks,
"Cuckoo!" of the hubbub pub,
as you and I leave.
YOU ARE READING
Tapestries
PoetryPoems from 1978 onwards. These poems are in a different style from the later MajorSeventh, the earlier ones often with more of an Eastern-influenced cadence. Later, they vary a lot in form and style.
