simple
basic and
fundamental
a scarcity
of words
explaining the

Universe

what’s a poet
without words
a dry well
drought and
famine

expression

is a wink
smile laugh
a poet now
a mime

I ache for him
like Auden
and Longfellow
words
scarce
feelings
torrential
what did they
do with feelings
described beauty
describing
thoroughbreds
beauty’s these men
of Auden
and Longfellow
ache
to be free
from their
pages

is a delicate
word like a lace
kerchief or a
hand-written
note it also
means as it says
its beauty
like a balloon
floats above
sentiment and

is

I awoke
to the
mirrored
image of
Diamond Head
once a spectacle
aging and green
it gives a sense
of morality

a basin
nestles
houses
looking
like an
amphitheatre
house tops
loom like
spectators

oceans edge
stand giants
moored in
sand they tower
above the palms
creating shadows
of danger

eclipsing

sun and moon
and I
but a speck
on his
shoes