Monday, May 21, 2012

Simply (the river)

 
(fragment):
      its water comes from the ocean
      travels across the sky
      leads to the mountain

the river is always and only
beginning
its water comes from the sky
its water comes from the ocean
its water comes from the mountain
its water comes from
the river

the mountain is
the mountain

the river
is the river

the sky is a cupped hand, palm
turned towards the ground

let us gather all our sadnesses
in that.








Arian Tejano is for me one of those poets whose work often provokes a powerful and immediate desire to engage and respond.
these lines speak directly to his poem Simply, at his blog ANoiseless Patient Spider



2 comments:

  1. this is quietly magnificent bruce.

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    1. high praise indeed, Graham. tho i must say its water seems to be mostly in my boots, atm.

      thankyou.

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