Tag: stillness
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A Tiny Deity
A poem set at the river’s edge in spring, a child lifts fruit into sunlight—an ordinary act that becomes creation, renewal, and wonder.
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Day-Possum
A ringtail possum scurries along the powerline at noon, drawn out of hiding by mango scent — a stillness poem of summer abundance.
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The Letter
A quiet stillness poem: a woman hesitates before an unopened envelope as rain and silence stretch.
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A Process for the Creation of a Revenant
A ritual poem of death and rebirth, where incantation speaks to life, silence, and the border in-between.
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The Oars, Forgotten
An observational poem: rowers adrift mid-river, oars forgotten, a magpie watching in the afternoon stillness.
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Unworded
A miniature stillness poem: broken chair, empty box, silence heavier than speech, words withheld.
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Liminal Ground
A quiet observational prose poem: a grassy hollow, fig trees, and magpies in a moment of campus stillness.
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On Saturday
An observational prose poem: early run by the river, ferries, rowers, birds, and the city slowly waking.
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Stuck Out the Back
A counter-field poem: a glimpse behind the butcher’s door, a hand caught, a face unmoving, silence closing in.
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Predawn Rowers
An observational prose poem: ferries, birds, and rowers moving in rhythm with the coming light.
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Forget-Me-Not
A memory-poem of erasure and return: a journal unreadable, a flower pressed flat, the eye of Ophelia.