Doug, this is quite beautiful I think. Delicately rendered, as Sheila says.
Love the idea of 'mind leaves' and the way your poem moves so artlessly to
present contemplation.
Bill
On Thu, 1 Jun 2017 at 3:04 AM, Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Doug, delicately rendered amid the richness. Thanks for a fine piece
> articulating the distinctive kinds of quiet.
>
> On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 7:58 AM, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > storm blown wind gusts
> > petals against the windows
> >
> > white red a magic carpet
> > fallen at our feet
> >
> > the mind leaves float
> > chaotic no ideas
> >
> > but in thin gouache
> > the colour meld mould
> >
> > an other way of seeing
> > being present in the suddenly quiet now
> >
> >
> >
> > Douglas Barbour
> > [log in to unmask]
> > https://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/
> >
> > Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuations
> > 2 (UofAPress).
> > Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
> > Listen. If (UofAPress):
> >
> >
> > I go down to the Twilight Arcade
> > and watch the Martian invaders,
> > already appalled by our language,
> > pointing at what they want.
> >
> > Bill Manhire
> >
>
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