Tag Archives: Poetry Foundation

Ancient Sequence

Posted on April 30, 2023 by octoberprojectmusic

ANCIENT SEQUENCE Before the threads of lightTore apart andWove a frictive sparkOf lifeThat broke through theEternal darkness What was there? When I think of endless spaceWithout the grace ofTime and placeWithout the perfect memoryOf your faceWith your soft halo of hairEmergingInto the worldI … Continue reading →

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Our Own Hands

Posted on April 29, 2023 by octoberprojectmusic

OUR OWN HAND The day is translucentFrostedThinThe air still breathes winterWe breathe winter in It might be the last timeWe take this breathOf coldFor grantedAs the world grows oldAnd weary of itself There is no reservoirFor the arctic shelfAs it collapses Waters riseAnd we … Continue reading →

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Spirits in Rome

Posted on April 28, 2023 by octoberprojectmusic

We sat in the hollow daySeeking surfacesTo holdWhat had already gone away Someone leftA broken Christmas wreathIn a dry heapNext to a lost, tinsel-hairy treeNear the bridgeWe are about to walk beneath The museum is emptyFor the holidayThe relics frolic in the ghost … Continue reading →

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The Forgiven World

Posted on April 27, 2023 by octoberprojectmusic

The forgiven worldSitsInside a small boyWho waits on the porchFor his father to comeHome A light snow fallsOutsideThe sound of setting platesComes from the house Christmas Eve The boy’s motherToo busy to waitFor a man as likely to showAs Santa ClausBecause he is … Continue reading →

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Audiences

Posted on April 26, 2023 by octoberprojectmusic

The leaves gossipThe sky pretendsPurityClouds stand backIn dark insecurityThey will arriveThey will go away The world is mutableClayShaped by unseen handsAs the universe contractsAnd expands We standHolding our absurd plansAs if they were real A map is not the territoryThe territory is not reallyWhat … Continue reading →

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Impermanence

Posted on April 25, 2023 by octoberprojectmusic

IMPERMANENCE What baby grows insideLife giving life to itselfLife giving itself to me You are all that I seeWhen I see a flowerA sky, a mountainA bird singing before it flies up You are the kick, the pushThe puppy snuggling into its motherTo … Continue reading →

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Am I Home

Posted on April 24, 2023 by octoberprojectmusic

The pipes rattleAnd spit steamYou wakeAs if in a dreamWalking territoriesYou’ve never seen You shake snowFrom the branch of the treeShake saltOn the pavementAssess the debrisNature sits stillThis morningBut you are still fullOf the storm Full of its warning force SometimesThe air is … Continue reading →

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Before Coffee

Posted on April 23, 2023 by octoberprojectmusic

A small bird in the yardPesters the dayWith a shrill, persistent cryWhy–why?Why–why?Why–why? You want to go back to sleep You just found out a friend diedYou just found out He was in a lot of painThere’s been another derailmentOf a trainAnd so many … Continue reading →

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Mother Nature

Posted on April 22, 2023 by octoberprojectmusic

The eye of the elephant closesTo the world The grass moves in the windThe birds rise in a swirl You imagine a place you have never seen Where the earth is youngThe green trees show off for the skyThe whales … Continue reading →

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Cortés

Posted on April 21, 2023 by octoberprojectmusic

CORTÉS Cortés arrivingBright white skullDark hullCutting through centuries of deathIn the brief lull of some uncertainMissionA churning engine of ambitionScattering the birds You do not have to speak these wordsTo understand their meaningThe women’s voices sing your language:They are keening The city … Continue reading →