steppe

sole

first in many weeks

male
cardinal sings

s u m

s u m s

roy in mary's house

there are things
recused
reused
and other oddments altered by

your touch

let the sun sit on them
grow white stained testament

indigo admissions of

plangent incantations

absent one

evolving another

possible permutations

of

roy

in mary's house

this happened

unsolvable
better than
plod
no rhythm
to grief
puzzled
thrummed
one
isn't undone by it

t a k e n

l i s p

"You may suppose that time is passing away but never understand that time never arrives."

d o g e n

restlessness
frustration
could be linked to


a laxity

that

near night

broke

l o s t

m i r a g e

lying stiff, eyes tightly closed
I heard you think
"it hurts, it hurts, hold me"

loved
lost
held

butsudan

i've opened the door
lit incense

gave you wine
candlelight

told you stories of
kitchen gods
foxes in snow


even in a shrine leaves fall
another winter comes


so quietly
so quickly

e p i p h a n y

one month's
supplications

merit

mooring mid-sea

a n t i m o n y

this blackness
this light

for e dreams

under
night
the empty hill
widens when

between
low (Dogen)
high (endotherm)

behind
(this house)
a berm
muffles
what is

an uncut eye
(that's, he said, your lidless ear)


ahead
nuovo anno
nuove destinazioni
come snuffling in
dark doggish

2 paintings
thinking
mountains walking
water