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THE LINE – LA LIGNE

Vertical line wafer-cotton-thin
Top to bottom, heaven to earth
Perfection drawing down to gravity

Pure line cuts through messed-up years
Soul-tearing conflicts, each side’s tug of war

Posted bymaryfeatherstoneJuly 18, 2014March 26, 2021Posted inPoems1 Comment on THE LINE – LA LIGNE

GYM STUDIO

Shrink, priest
And confessor
The gym coach listens
In muscular manner

Posted bymaryfeatherstoneJuly 4, 2014March 29, 2021Posted inPoemsTags:Bilingual, English, françaisLeave a comment on GYM STUDIO

MEMORY

The person she thought that she was
Is unravelled by time

The seams of her body
The paths of her mind
The reasoning tongue
Now forked

All certainty gone
The fabric of dreams and of life
Full of holes

Posted bymaryfeatherstoneJuly 4, 2014March 29, 2021Posted inPoemsTags:AlzheimersLeave a comment on MEMORY

LIGHT

Light fractures
On entering earth
Has a hard job
Staying whole
On hitting the atmosphere

Posted bymaryfeatherstoneJuly 4, 2014March 26, 2021Posted inPoemsLeave a comment on LIGHT

TREE OF DREAMS

Fruit on the tree
Turns to ash
And spirals
Slow and graceful
on the morning air
settling on bent shoulders
the silver powder
of broken dreams

Posted bymaryfeatherstoneJuly 4, 2014March 26, 2021Posted inPoemsLeave a comment on TREE OF DREAMS

ICON

Form
Under the patina
Ochre and brown
Varnished and cracked
Of our worldwise traditions

Posted bymaryfeatherstoneJuly 4, 2014March 26, 2021Posted inPoemsLeave a comment on ICON

TRACE

Carving a trace through time
You weave between the pillars
Of my dark forest, moving them gently
To make space for shafts of light …

Creusant un sillon à travers le temps
Tu navigues entre les piliers
De ma fôret sombre …

Posted bymaryfeatherstoneMay 4, 2014July 22, 2021Posted inPoemsLeave a comment on TRACE

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