DONALD HALL STAR 80 ~

a new book this week. . .

SIMON PETTET ~

 Simon Pettet

POEM ("can't get enough of that")



can't get enough of that
kora music
inscribing letters on a
full moon


each of the notes then
each of the letters
crystal clear
incised on the moon's cheek


absolute in a way
as she tumbles
(they tumble out)
onto the page


or into the sky
(that blanket of emptiness)
followed by cascades
(and shimmers)
of gold and black dust


and pinpoints of light


that's you






POEM ("You still here Franco. . .")



You still here Franco

where?

in your daughter's face

calling Franco in spirit world

can I come in? yes,

no.

you would have flipped over e mail!






POEM ("coyote howls on the crossroads")



coyote howls on the crossroads

crop dusters spew noxious vapors

as we speed by industrial chemical plants

and factories and prisons

and set out on to the open plains



are not wolves

(look in their eyes)

brother animals?

and should we not protect them?

as we supposedly (but hardly!) protect ourselves.



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S I M O N   P E T T E T

As A Bee

Talisman House, Publishers
P.O. Box 102
Northfield, MA 01360

photograph by John Sarsgard