This poem is taken from PN Review 283, Volume 51 Number 5, May - June 2025.
from thrums
in mountain top detritus
berries form from clouds
snow crystals melt
into starry saxifrage
.
better than knowledge
than understanding
is lightness
access or ease
.
where drainage is impeded
bright orange racemes
of the bog asphodel
adornment of scarcity
saffron of the poor
.
sad passions pass
slow sad stately
passions pass
...
berries form from clouds
snow crystals melt
into starry saxifrage
.
better than knowledge
than understanding
is lightness
access or ease
.
where drainage is impeded
bright orange racemes
of the bog asphodel
adornment of scarcity
saffron of the poor
.
sad passions pass
slow sad stately
passions pass
...
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