Short Poems 1979

BAMBOO

I send you white chrysanthemums
frigid as the setting moon
bamboo crickets rub legs
in rhythm to rustling sheets

9/23/1979




 BEHOLD THE RIGHT EYE                                                                                                 

you watch my nakedness
watch my body turning
in the room i am naked
your eyes upon me are naked
your left eye gathers me up
the right eye keeps distance
my breast calls your name
you gather me up on your cock
& your night eye closes

1980



DAWN POEM

to the beauty of the dawn
a lotus opens its wings

winter sun dips into darkness
and we recall our own birth

sprouting seeds
& mud in my hand

12/10/1979





it provided immediate inspiration
and maximized limited resources

it continued to be used
with down-to-earth impact

6/9/79




JAZZ NOTE

was that a
blue bird in a
bay tree
or a jay bird
in a blue tree?

10/12/79
SC Stump 1980

 MELANCHOLY

the center of  a muskmelon
with its lips full of seed
is like the body of a woman
in love

7/28/1979 or 80




MOON CUP

touch the red moon
the cup is full
the pouch holds the cup
like the moon in Gemini

liquid birth
of the moon in a cup
cup full of moon
the body full
the moon blood full
like the heart

eclipse
of dragon's blood
spilled from the cup
the blood of the moon

6/10/1979





UNTITLED HALF LIFE

The ocean is the first
circulatory system
of creatures

Could this scorpio moon
newly shaven
stretch its beams
across the continent?

What is the half life
of a hippie marriage?

11/13/79




 UNTITLED LOVE POEM # 3

emptiness of seashells
mourning for the ocean
trapped within an ear--

my tongue traces snail patterns
in the dark

12/17/1979




UNTITLED LOVE POEM # 4

please stay the night
   again the night
once again the night
             stay

7/7/1979



UNTITLED LOVE POEM # 9

the perfume of flowers
sitar sound
drumbeat
music slips into the ear
bellies slip down
make love

8/13/79