2226
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3.ii.26
make
mine widdershins
a round in the rain
thin mist more like
the clock goes
where feet
and that’s the way
chase calves through the
fence again
am I gone?
will stay?
it’s once more round
high up
high where you won’t see
trees singing all the while
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7.33
2.ii.26
joy of
not knowing
which way
where
and whom to blame
of having yet to decide
does the world end?
do words survive?
it is an undetermined joy
set come-may-what
like an unknown ocean
just have to guess
what’s behind the dark star?
why moon so far away?
smell the smoke was
rain went
might not even know the
question
but what is to be done?
surely it’s time?
I leave the door open for friends
there’s how this leads to
wonder
how wonder takes us on
2224
7.32
1.ii.26
box of
disappearances
some say house or under hat
the trail of crumbs I leave
a frame
climb out in
sinister
to measure for it
not yet not yet
I’ll burn first
and time, that which with
dust
first wear the world
the box itself is a vanish
at large
trick of the light to know
cracks painted over
every day higher to climb
jack in jill
if hill up
tumble
flourish of arrow to show
that’s our own magic
and after bed’s edge
speak the truth
a pinch and a punch for
today
2223
7.31
31.i.26
hello
little walking bird
hello up a tree
and daylit
hello breeze
greetings feather foliage
sun
welcome words and come to me
fresh web low in the mown
goanna hiding where?
possum in the rafters
hello my own feet
go on
some rounds
summer I could say
so chime
rotate your ears
fond wallaby
and march fly sting most
untoward
a wave away, a kill
and so farewell
still
hello shade
hello clouds
see how populous this place
called world
hello great big sky
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7.30
30.i.26
as if
there were no fence at all
a bird sits out
clouds pass
the forest tide comes
rots posts
the night and each least
point of light
these pass
and all of the bodies of
heaven
the heart, the head, the so-called
soul
passage of wallabies
all weather
as if
no straight lines
to never meet
no demon of analogy
heaven comes over as if
between this one thought
and the next
the crust, the mantle, core
time!
bull’s bellow
and bark fall
screens, pages
covers of a book
a breeze and the bright falls
to its prey
so it is with gates, with
walls
with doors
a roof
my hat
thing and unthing
word and not
yours, mine
as if there were no fence at
all
a way out everywhere
as if there were no wall
2221
7.29
29.i.26
today
we are repainting the sky
a kind of luck to flourish
chasing out fresh stars
falling bodies
prayers fixed fast
rotting weather
we slap and dash
stray thought
or the tumble till
gills of it
and undersung
it had this beardwhiff
erstwhile
anvil queue
the throne outdoors above
what colour?
and is there a reason?
brush it on
a prime
another coat
a blue bolt
sudden flock of kite
thing guessed
or wake up
what you will
imagine the hands held up
kept off
a scaffold and repair
and all of that’s just for
today
the trick is everlasting
2220
7.28
28.i.26
advertisement
practical poet sought to inhabit
well established place of dreaming
(including some necessary
instructions)
handy poet needed
to attend spent rhymes
can’t be forced
to see what’s really there
and show it
fix dodgy tropes
make strophe
do odd satori, koan
to carry on Herculean
labours
make light of
sweep Augean stables
to do the communion
frogsworth
(check gumboot)
artists all sorts welcome too
apply!
apply yourself
to get worked up
to give the wink
read between the lines
(better still, go unruled)
make mysteries one’s own
suitable sentience required
in order to observe the weather
act on it
take your cue
outstare stars
stand wherever best to wonder
repair, of course, the
tripping tap
hew wood and winter build a
fire
clear eaves
decide against the weeds
be vacant times in the
position
in the words may come
be yours
by snifter some sort take sun
down
and swim or loll as suits
by whimsy make your difference
check the traps every so
often
but freely share outdoors
prepare for the apostrophe
have the image dance
pick strings at will
convince me
stretch to fetch up day
where structure rots
stand upright, sanguine
first assess
bring thrift
think of someone’s forebears
keep track of the numbers
chasing
give due to the arbitrary
times grow in
take your turns around
bring your friends
speak wallaby
and possum up
here for the making!
so make the most!
you can see how it’s really
a full-time job
I called it life in my day
read on!
find out what happens
set out for the sea and shop
on the way
take in a lake
maybe not today, tomorrow
but soon and for the rest of
its life
stay tuned!
watch this space here!
