Post from July, 2010

Jul 20

Transcendental

Tuesday, 20. July 2010 20:00

the enso

Rays of sunlight cascading from storm clouds

detail from "Sky" by Mark Hiebert

the poem

you think
a ray
of sun
reaching
out from
the clouds
is proof
that God
Yahweh
Allah
or some
divine
spark will
ignite
your mind
perhaps
you are
right but
perhaps
God is
dispersed
in this
ghost mist
arching
along
our hills
rising
like a
phoenix
but then
perhaps
Yahweh
is here
enclosed
in dew
drops on
fern leaves
and so
perhaps
Allah
waits there
patient
inside
the space
between
beating
humming
bird wings
and yet
maybe
that spark
crackles
holy
within
your heart

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Jul 13

Ode to a 2-Day-Old Foal

Tuesday, 13. July 2010 20:00

the enso

A mare and her foal in a pasture.

"Renewal" by Diana Catron-Nurkowski

the poem

When you first stood, trembling,
your spindly legs as wobbly as egg noodles,
rib cage heaving with each earned breath,
you seemed amazed that you had been birthed.
You could not discern your destiny. You did not imagine
the wide red ribbons, the eager fingers
young girls would weave into your mane.
You did not yet feel the thunder
your hooves would smack down on a hard dirt track.
You had not tasted the pleasure of pasture.
You had no knowledge of duty or burden. But love
you did grasp as your mother
bent to caress your muzzle, your cry,
as you pronounced your life with a single whiny.

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