there is beauty
in trying
all this again
some poems were
unpublished
but now they’re not
and other ones
slightly changed
to fit this scheme
***
#131:
ahead of us
the journey
lingering clouds
***
#132:
across the path
fallen leaves
red against the soil
***
#133:
i am afraid
to begin
but i begin
***
#134:
under the bridge
cows gather
knee deep in mist
***
#135:
a cloud of thought
barely formed
like ghosts, like words
***
#136:
a white feather
floating past
catching the light
***
#137:
a frozen lake
lit only
by last night’s moon
***
#138:
a quiet scene
frost and snow
untouched by feet
***
#139:
through the mist
the border
we cannot see
***
#140:
and all around
frozen blue
mountain flowers
***
#141:
frost on the stones
by the fire
breath becomes smoke
***
#142:
often am i
quick to speak
too slow to stop
***
#143:
blood drops on snow
bleak roses
that do not fade
***
#144:
a sea of snow
rising up
ever higher
***
#145:
flesh like paper
on old bones
the heart beats on
***
#146:
luminous dreams
of a life
floating away
***
#147:
the restless dead
bury them
yet they linger
***
#148:
i felt quite sad
quite often
about many things
***
#149:
i wanted to
write something
so i wrote this
***
#150:
not enough to
see or do
here on the moon
***
#151:
nothing was said
everything
was clearly meant
***
#152:
i often feel
like i don’t
exist at all
***
#153:
upon waking
we wonder
is this the dream
***
#154:
yet in our dreams
never do
we even sleep
***
#155:
the grass grows long
beneath the
rains of summer
***
#156:
i am tired
more often
than i’m asleep
***
#157:
a paling moon
and the sea
a sheet of glass
***
#158:
all i want is
to make things
that people like
***
#159:
and instead i
make things like
this useless thing
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Notes:
1. These were written at various stages over the last four years
2. But mostly I don’t know exactly when
3. After the first five of these 4/3/4 extravaganzas I suppose (#1; #2; #3; #4; #5)
4. The first half of these (up to and including the luminous dreams one) were written for a novel that i never finished writing
5. But might one day
6. And the others were either uncollected ones posted here and there randomly
7. Often not even in 4/3/4 format
8. But close enough I could force them into shape today