from “Selected Poems (1980-2000)”

/, Blesok no. 24/from “Selected Poems (1980-2000)”

from “Selected Poems (1980-2000)”

The stillness of ashes
A butterfly of reflection
The negative of time
Catafalque
Cloth
Lisbon
Misantrope
Studio
Galway

In the open wounds of blossom and
fresh green, the seal calls him.
He sees the water
grow hard as clear glass.

A limping melancholy rainstorm
bobbing on barren ground
no longer saves anything.
The doors banged closed.

Wind rustles overhead.
The vacuum expands.
A dream of warmth and sorrow
shatters against clear glass.

Shrivels and withers to the stillness of ashes.

AuthorHans van de Waarsenburg
2018-08-21T17:23:40+00:00 January 1st, 2002|Categories: Poetry, Blesok no. 24|0 Comments