Monday, October 19, 2009

October 18, 2009




























that old
rooster really did
crow three times
while peter slept in a
stained glass window


quick note . . .
the flower's blossom
shuttering


where was i
when you needed me . . .
my picture
staring out of a
post office window?


day lilies . . .
muffling the song's
of koi


words dance
across your forehead
carrying the
same lilies diego
rivera planted


your songs
gecko, guide me
through winter


playing chess
with four persons,
in a mind
that thinks too much . . .
a kin to brother moth?


you forget
to follow through . . .
then winter


words are more
than barkers calling
people to
watch the circus . . .
or a banana split


dusty wind . . .
brown placards with
out words


i'm tired of
jigsaw puzzles and
carousels . . .
twirling me in circles
on empty lots


winter . . .
waiting for last year's
blossoms


as usual,
you play me for
the fool
i am, and think of
me as a wind-up toy


...........................................................

* The following seven poems are
   dedicated to my friend, Hui Na.





i saw a
star fly past me
into spring


a chinese
dancer asked me if
i wanted
to dance with her in
a basket of lilies


how can i
refuse the spring
i prayed for



hearing you
giggle reminds
me to
let my inner
child out to play


still winter . . .
the quiet of a
nursing whale


nesting on
on a crescent moon . . .
a thunderbird
eating sushi
topped with stars


swim into
the whale's womb . . .
lover's lane
----------------

lay there . . .
send me away
thinking
i won't know how
good it's feeling


one, two, three . . .
a tree line with
big smiles



robert d. wilson

©2009



No comments:

Post a Comment

Please feel free to make comments.

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.