Category Archives: The Wind

Looking Towards the Gulf at Evening

Posted on Sunday, July 30th, 2017 6:58 pm by

The wind is from the northeast this early Evening and not as sharp as it often is, Having worn out for now its cold Chisels of water and sand sculpting All day, as it has every day For millennia, the … Continue reading →

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The Stars Turn in Silence

Posted on Thursday, July 20th, 2017 11:39 am by

Most nights when you are not here I open my window and listen To how the wind moves in the trees Like your breath quick in my ears. No wind tonight since sunset. The stars, Restless as always, turn in … Continue reading →

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Ocean Sounds in the Distance

Posted on Tuesday, June 27th, 2017 4:13 pm by

You’ll find, if you sit under lilacs And watch the people pass by, The wind will bring you their murmurs As sibilant and seemingly sensical As the ocean sounds in the distance Responding to gravity’s mumbled Recitations of the numbers … Continue reading →

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Looking West Across the Marsh, Late Afternoon

Posted on Thursday, June 22nd, 2017 10:12 am by

The herons are preliminary Scrawls, penciled faint against the sky, Most with their bodies tilted at forty-five Degrees to the imaginary Horizon at the vanishing point, Gliding in on barely discernible arcs; Two are turning and curling their wings In … Continue reading →

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In the Spring Ditches

Posted on Sunday, April 3rd, 2016 11:39 am by

And now springtime comes Casting its green illusions As the south wind gasps The pussy willows waver In damn ditches already

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While the Wind Tangles Your Hair

Posted on Monday, March 14th, 2016 3:07 pm by

I want to sit with you in the shade While the wind tangles your hair Listening to you talk of things that exist Listening to you talk about the spectrum The spectrum on which things are portrayed The arbitrary nature … Continue reading →

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The Face of Allah

Posted on Thursday, March 26th, 2015 11:49 am by

I could not find the face of Allah In the debris of mountain slides, In blue fragments of mosaics, In the desolation of stars fallen behind The ground-down blade of the moon. I heard rumours he spoke in many voices … Continue reading →

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