I went to a meeting this week to share ideas about a platform for creative self-expression. The following is a very succinct filter of poetic highlights:
I don’t play well with others
(guitar)
Loosen up!
art is a metaphor
openings to the rest of your life
rescript through song
most of my life I coast
comes through your life’s purpose and passings
sex is good for that
fYI – It was a highly productive and animated/fun meeting! Stay tuned.
Amber Dusk: a tanka sequence
in the land
of spirits and goats
amber dusk
and sultry youth… I dance best
to the throb of lapping waves
the sun sets
on day-warm stone steps
and peacocks strut
who’s to know this moment
is for life long
heat rises
scents linger low
night air and the moon
so full – a longing
deep beyond all need
as I age toward crone
the inside-out beauty
of the new moon
seduces the quiet
in my life
autumn nights
guitar chords drift by
and softly suggest
leaving for the womb
a dark moon and the rain
november winds
fade into winter’s
lush silence…
moss grows on wood and stone
I yield to this shorn beauty
ag
First published: Modern English Tanka
Volume 2; Number 1
Autumn 2007
