I. Rock Speaks To River At Toro Weep I pull from your hair A ribbon of shining water, And turn my parched Desert face to your Liquid lips, to your Dolphin eyes, to your Honeyed tongue.
I strip bare everything We wear. I press my Stony ribs into your Breasts of gloaming. I press you into my Body, your quick laughter, Your crystal innocence, Your godawful moaning. You gouge your name On my back with your Oyster nails. I redden Your pearl body with The rust of my lips. You core through my hips. Fountains leap from My fingers. You enter My center, become My whirling center. II. Untitled I pick up a piece of Glacial quartz. Cold stone in my fist Glinting in the morning Sun is the tunnel To slide into the domed Halls of childhood This winter, Where for the first time I am learning again What directions are. Face the sun, say east. This took place on a hill Which overlooked a filled Cemetery, which returned British sepoys to dust Under hulking banyans. The cold neck faces west. Here I have exiled myself Trying to forget the fact That world, like time, Is circular, and that there Will always be a west Beyond this west. I lift my arms as She taught me to. A bearded scarecrow's Arms pointing to north And south, as they Throw crumbs to The crows. Other lessons to be Learnt? How does water Sprinkled on the wall Vanish? Why do images Disappear in sleep? Why does salt dissolve, Only to reappear later, Sometime years later, As crystals, as rain, As memory? These I have managed To learn without being Taught: sleep, grasp, Let go, make love, Empty, fill up, Echo, fall silent, Walk, walk away Into the deep wood. - by Sashi (see http://buoy.antville.org) ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts! http://us.click.yahoo.com/rkgkPB/UOnJAA/Zx0JAA/yqIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> �������������������������������������������������������� Did you get this mail as a forward? Subscribe by sending a blank mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] OR, if you have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/join/ Members are encourage to post poetry, their own and others', respond critically to the poems circulated, and participate in discussions. Post via email at [email protected] OR online at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/post/ ==theZESTcommunity====================================== [1] ZESTCurrent: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCurrent/ [2] ZESTEconomics: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTEconomics/ [3] ZESTGlobal: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTGlobal/ [4] ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/ [5] ZESTPoets: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/ [6] ZESTCaste: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ [7] ZESTAlternative: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTAlternative/ [8] TalkZEST: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkZEST/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
