Monday, September 8, 2008

I STAND IN THE SUN__ by Louise







I stand in the sun
directly
under its crown
shadows stark
shrinking
tightening
evaporate
a long look
between.



space wrapped around
a gift.
it's death
for me
a toy
too coy.
I hold it
feel it
fantasize
the end of warmth
a shadow of intelligence
to wrestle with.

Sunday, September 7, 2008

A Dreamer __ by Louise




there is a dreamer
who dreams loud
day turns into night
darkness into light
he drops his first line
and never gets tired of winding
a yarn so long
its end never found

but when he finds his needle
he stitches his riddle
a storybook by the pillow
demons can fumble
tearing a burning page
blowing out a smoky candle
murdering a childlike soul
in bright tri-colour
blue
red
yellow

he wishes to have
a perfect daydream
yet he just dozes off
to a deep sleep
a soft snoring
disturbs his dreaming
even total darkness
between his eyes
leaves no chance to his sleepy muse
and daydream
turns from light to night
this is his dream
he paints
in opulent black

Flies -- Louise



buzz
bandits of garbage
a nation of the condemned
negligibly protesting

twitch
legions of germ carriers
an air-borne nuisance
mostly self-assuming

charge
cavalries of dumpster
filthy courtship
mightily populating

A Bird Asks ___ by Louise



does the winds
ever wander
the rain
ever cry
does the sun
ever lie
the moon
ever deny

the trees
to roots they bow
the flowers
to bees they smile
the faces
to mirrors they appear
the hearts
of their own shadows
they fear

a bird asks
a bird answers
do I care
do I know?

DO I WISH TO GO TO HEAVEN?---by louise




Do I wish to go to Heaven?
That unique society,
Crowds of grateful dead,
Still wearing diligent smiles,
Duty bound,
To eternity,
An unintelligible fate,
A slang for death,
Afloat,
Holding their ballots.

a love story --by louise



a love child
a sweet secret
a certain place
a grown-up memory
of a wild wild night
in the far far north west

swift are the years
silent the promise
a full sized history
claims its own memorial day
between the first
and the last kiss
60 years
have wound down
into an untold story

futile to the mind
restful
unremembering
oh, the green grass
snow on the cedars
that wild wild night
like shooting stars
gently fell
a romance has burnt out

smiles still young
colours enduring
autumn frosts frozen
Wintry leaves waited not
you
me
and the rest
put all our fingers together
let all our eyes shut
leave the dead to peace
the living to live
and the story
to a star

SILENT FAREWELL




Farewell
Farewell
From this harbour
I'm sailing tonight
Can ever this memory be
Our silent certainty?!

Soft is your gaze
From me to the sail
A full moon pale
A rising gale
Oh, waves of the sea
Rome, Nice, Sydney!

Beyond harbour lights
Beyond your eyes
Should I doomed be
A stranger to roam
A stranger to Thee!