Poem Six: Queen of the Night Excerpt
Pollinator, harbinger of what becomes
fruit. I tell you, keep painting
until it speaks.
Pollinator, harbinger of what becomes
fruit. I tell you, keep painting
until it speaks.
Who am I: witness,
proliferation of green,
Can you walk on water? Does
every forest have a musician?
Why can’t we hear
the sound of falling,
the failing waves?
This is the killing time.
The lighting of the lamps.
The earth shakes her memories
into the shapes of falling flowers.