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* Poems Of Form and Formless
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Form & Formless SIPPING ETERNITY
Humankind prefers vessels
from which to sip eternity
TURBAN
Abdullah was assassinated.
His turban rolled off of him,
like a hubcap from a crashed
car,
like a nest for baby birds
from an axed tree in his prime.
PITCHER
We gave him a pitcher
He gave us the sea.
(to C Lassell)
THE SEED MADE FLESH
The seed did unroll
her predestined scroll
...no outer control
as the seed is made flesh
FIREWEED
Fragrant fireweed fringes firehydrants
PETER HAMMOND
He draws us in to a world of
beauty so quickly...
films a fragile translucent
veil stuck on the needles
of a cactus.. to symbolize
the mistakes of relationship.
(In The Master Blackmailer)
SWORD TO SEA
"Make a decision"
said the sword to the sea
"You must divide yourself
into priorities."
Yet knowing that each
of her drops was holy
the ocean decided
that she would be whole.
MARBLE AND DIAMONDS
God whose heat makes
diamonds of charcoal
and marble of limestone
.. does also the opposite
.. turning into pouring portals
.. hearts which had been stone
SPINNERS
The spider and the ivy vine
had a contest.. who could spin
the faster.. the webweaver
or the tendril stitcher..
until they saw the sun..
whose endless rays
were with the
sea stitching wee
misty lace plumes
which became cloud looms
.. water and sun
intertwined
spinning infinite blooms
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fireweed
peter hammond
pitcher
seed made flesh
sipping eterntiy
spinners
sword to sea
turban
