And once again,

This entry is part 55 of 63 in the series Morning Porch Poems: Autumn 2011

 

you’ve scraped me clean to the bottom
of the bowl, where the flint-

edge of spoon rasps against dented
metal, and lunar hollows give off

a cold and mineral light. From here,
the sky’s a bordered rim the eye

might skim, for the skin of passing clouds.
Now I’m anxious even for the sound of wind

or rain, the branches’ waking rattle,
downpour of warm remembered sun;

then by degrees the rising sap
like honey in the veins of trees.

 

In response to an entry from the Morning Porch.

Series Navigation← WalkingPrayer Among the Stones →

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.