lunes, 24 de agosto de 2009

Under an open sky

I

wading in water
by her mother
young daughter
sunlit bare feet
touch sand of stream
below tall redwoods
gentle shadows
punctuated light

II

Guitar
voices
lilting
"de colores"
round brimmed straw hats
together side by side
men women children
brother clasps sister's hand

III

Bamboo leaves
filter the sun
divine turgidity
of green
delicate taste
intimately present
in a cascade of light

IV

Reeds sway
framing the shore
delicate sheaths spear the sky
and dodge sparks
flying from the blazing silver lake
a duck sails by

V

Enormous rock juts skyward
through the river of time
children play round
their voices echo
and vanish
echo and vanish
round and round
the ancient rock

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