John Watson |
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42 Choices
The water beetle walked, and traced soft paths
To set down all we see and hear, and yet
Flambeaux of memory, like jacaranda flares
Sublime the long unconscious choices made
White peacocks fanning in a haze of blue,
What thou lovest well — these foolish things
We walk a course of shadow roofed paths,
43 Reappearances
A mirror blurred — the river in the wind —
The rhododendron like a torch of ice,
Cupid in the trees is searching for
Deep sedimentary waves in ancient rock
Pompeian ash, all ancient stars’ debris,
The Past’s a silo bunkered on the plains;
She has her hair cut short, then stepping out
A Saucer of Tea
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John Watson is the author of A First Reader; Montale A Biographical Anthology; Erasure Traces; Views From Mt Brogden & A Dictionary of Minor Poets — all available from Puncher and Wattmann and all recommended without reservation by the author. |
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