Conversation

three people on a beach in Skye different countries holding three things bread cheese and wine no conversation eating drinking silence overhead the pelican acknowledges the land and sea where are you going where am I ?

Forest walk

There was something about his face A strange sort of sexuality not man , not woman Integrated into something profound A flower has no gender nor does chocolate Yet the perfume of both sends you into rapture Peace be with you , I kissed the priest full on the lips Sorry I mumbled, not a […]

I never said Goodbye

The small boat Is being pushed away from the shore I feel like a child learning About the way Saicho old monk living on Mount Hiei The samurai Of marathon walks and fire Suddenly I found you Or you found me They say when the disciple is readyThe Guru appears And there you were Bright […]

Dinner

The taste of the persimmon Reminded me of something Erotic The flesh was something Smooth on my tongue Between my thought of her and The plum I devoured the Night before After the wine My friend said Do you like figs

A frog on the train

The seat is taken She thundered Yeah Well it’s my seat I passively replied We must keep our distance Said the Queen of trains Just then a frog Jumped into my Throat I too will pine For Kyoto in Kyoto For my seat on The 8,21

The hermit

And when you showed me your Hermitage on God’s mountain Ah God, And when we went to see your strange friends Down below in Woods Point and we drank sherry in the general store , And all those characters that looked like they just crawled out of the mines looking for gold And then you […]

Lonely

Clouds are gathering And I’ve been here all day Walls are creeping upon me Lonely days on my wounded Sea. Clouds are gathering And I’ve been here all day I hear the words from the King A group of ravens sing Shadows are falling A night descending My soul disappearing A world misgotten Truths sold […]