Spring Day
From the Book of Seven Syllables
spring day
investing each bloom
with a last look 362 v
spring day
a last look
at the blooms 362 v2
weathered chair
the floorboards part
for spring grass 363
weathered chair
floorboards parted
by spring grass 363 v
starry night
I see my pyre
touch the sky 365
empty meadow
birds riffle
the grass 366
summer shade
the cat dissolves
into sleep 367
summer shade
cat dissolves
into sleep 367 v
listen insects
I too can sing
of love 368
long shadows
bush sounds
ebb and flow 369 v
spring breeze
the passing bird
drops a stone 370
rain clouds
a stop/go man unfreezes
to move a cone 371
rain clouds
a stop/go man
unfreezes 371 v
rain clouds
the stop/go man
is alive 371 v2
Shangri La
the flies there
wiser than me 372
morning glory
slow openings
of flowers 373 v
flowers
slowly opening
morning glory 373 v2
warm rains
suddenly spring grass
at my door 374
spring birds
rising from the fields
nest building 375
as a rock
spring birds, bugs
pass me by 376
summer gusts
a cat statue
sleeps 377
moth wings
the pattern blurs
at lift off 379 v
after rain
the tuatua shell
full 380
clearing skies
full of water
tuatua shell 380 v
rising early
the monsoon
washes rice 392 v
waiting
for the wind
seed heads 394
summer heat
dog sundials
the house 398
drought
the field bare
of stalks 399
fathers house
departing birds
cry with me 400
my shoes
moved from the doorstep
bitter winter path 401
soft breeze
petunia flexing as a
butterfly would 403
Ngarunui beach
a climb dries out
the old lady 404
calling her back
the waves
and I 405
Raglan stars
foot bridge the colour
of deep sea fish 409
moon magic
rusted fishing boat
becomes new 410
student flat
flies enjoy
last weeks party 411
Raglan harbour
night lights trickle
into the sea 413
flamenco dancer
the red and green
of gum trees 419
summer days
the apricot eaters
are cursed 422
colder days
repeating the scales on an
untuned piano 426
summer lengthens
the names of flowers
elude me 427
low tide
seaside doodles
in the sand 429
weep sparrows
I have taken
the apricots 431
dappled light
a moth flees through
the bird 432
sudden gust
red seed pod
swirls away 434
moored boats
swept away by the current
folded ducks 435
red apple
surrounded by
its scent 436
incoming tide
Hokusai's Fuji
in the foam 437
bitter wind
the world gathered
from the edges 439
captured sunrise
a sap necklace
on dowager oak 435
pale sun
I skirt the edge
of shadow 436
winter
deserted by the sun
by flies 442
summer grove
a brief meeting
of strangers 443
January/February 2017
© Steven Clarkson 2017
From the Book of Seven Syllables
spring day
investing each bloom
with a last look 362 v
spring day
a last look
at the blooms 362 v2
weathered chair
the floorboards part
for spring grass 363
weathered chair
floorboards parted
by spring grass 363 v
starry night
I see my pyre
touch the sky 365
empty meadow
birds riffle
the grass 366
summer shade
the cat dissolves
into sleep 367
summer shade
cat dissolves
into sleep 367 v
listen insects
I too can sing
of love 368
long shadows
bush sounds
ebb and flow 369 v
spring breeze
the passing bird
drops a stone 370
rain clouds
a stop/go man unfreezes
to move a cone 371
rain clouds
a stop/go man
unfreezes 371 v
rain clouds
the stop/go man
is alive 371 v2
Shangri La
the flies there
wiser than me 372
morning glory
slow openings
of flowers 373 v
flowers
slowly opening
morning glory 373 v2
warm rains
suddenly spring grass
at my door 374
spring birds
rising from the fields
nest building 375
as a rock
spring birds, bugs
pass me by 376
summer gusts
a cat statue
sleeps 377
moth wings
the pattern blurs
at lift off 379 v
after rain
the tuatua shell
full 380
clearing skies
full of water
tuatua shell 380 v
rising early
the monsoon
washes rice 392 v
waiting
for the wind
seed heads 394
summer heat
dog sundials
the house 398
drought
the field bare
of stalks 399
fathers house
departing birds
cry with me 400
my shoes
moved from the doorstep
bitter winter path 401
soft breeze
petunia flexing as a
butterfly would 403
Ngarunui beach
a climb dries out
the old lady 404
calling her back
the waves
and I 405
Raglan stars
foot bridge the colour
of deep sea fish 409
moon magic
rusted fishing boat
becomes new 410
student flat
flies enjoy
last weeks party 411
Raglan harbour
night lights trickle
into the sea 413
flamenco dancer
the red and green
of gum trees 419
summer days
the apricot eaters
are cursed 422
colder days
repeating the scales on an
untuned piano 426
summer lengthens
the names of flowers
elude me 427
low tide
seaside doodles
in the sand 429
weep sparrows
I have taken
the apricots 431
dappled light
a moth flees through
the bird 432
sudden gust
red seed pod
swirls away 434
moored boats
swept away by the current
folded ducks 435
red apple
surrounded by
its scent 436
incoming tide
Hokusai's Fuji
in the foam 437
bitter wind
the world gathered
from the edges 439
captured sunrise
a sap necklace
on dowager oak 435
pale sun
I skirt the edge
of shadow 436
winter
deserted by the sun
by flies 442
summer grove
a brief meeting
of strangers 443
January/February 2017
© Steven Clarkson 2017