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 SPRING PRAYER:
COUNTRY AND CITY
Lay down your finest carpet
of rose petals and cherry blossoms
woven with the alchemy of sun-lit dew.
Let the robin's song at daybreak
be all the reminder we need.
Let the fox in his hole
be the one to say
"look! nothing up my sleeve..."
and the window-washer reveal
how a town, even a city can sparkle.
When the moist earthen air rises
yard by pine needle woods,
gated daffodils by brownstone block
let the burrs of our folly drop away
let flowery stem understand
again the purpose of blue sky
and let sun's rays dispel
all that fruitless taking of the land.
LIGHT COMES ON THIS WAY:
when the marigolds take October dawn's
sun rays in their fold,
the deepest colors of this world
go electric with illumination
and when first light
reveals dust on the mirror,
this is a blatant
yet necessary exposé
Light comes on this way:
with natural flamboyance,
or a cartoon lightbulb of an idea,
a waterless river's rush,
as purest memory,
as the kindness of strangers
that is no longer enough to rely upon.
Each month features a different poem plus another on the back cover, and the calendar highlights double-exposure photos which create amazing overlay effects.
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from 2007 Poetry & Art Calendar
POEM by Edgar Carlson >>>>>
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