BC18. Does God see us?
Creation runs downriver,
waves of vision
endlessly rolling
galaxies and charm
quarks, sun and grass,
Adam and Spider Woman...
We’re sitting on the riverbank,
abstracted,
building castles
in the sediment
—when tripping, falling in
the stream, we see
the sight of owls,
or some such prophecy.
~Son Rivers 2005
FIREFLY
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Someone asked me about firefly hokku, so here is one by Shiki (yes, I know
Shiki would have called it a haiku, but it is a summer hokku in form and
content...
5 days ago
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