2/24/2006

Astonished

... grew night
in earthen pot

dipped beaks
in water

as if
astonished

and sky
the size
of eyes

blinked
light.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The upending of scale described in the 4th stanza has a powerful poetic effect. Multiple vectors are actualized. One, the implict movement between subjects transformed- eyes become sky and the subsequent reconfiguration of perception. Two, the implict movement through superscalar systems- within the finite resides the infinite, endlessly.

Rachel Phillips said...

Brad... your insightful renditions
are poetry in and of itself!

And Nobius... thank you for your
faithful support!