WATER WILL
The willow wends
his way
with water and wind.
The willow's will
is the water's will
WHIPPOORWILL
When I hear the whippoorwill
I stop whipping my poor will.
RIVER CHANGES NAME
As the river merges
with another river
and changes her name,
does a monk join
his consciousness to
God and change his name
.. do some women
without parochial
consciousness
change their names
when wed
(some combine
names.. some keep
their maiden names)
WELL
Memory's infinite cells
drift up from
memory's wells
.. unsummoned by
any audible bell