Transcendent Tendency/ 3 over 2
As we live ~ and die…
flightless birds
flying anyway
over the liquid land
a finely tuned sky poet
touches sympathetic strings
all held aloft by human invention
in this flying machine
I see the rhyming patterns of land and sea
how the liquid land coalesces
through bodies of water
bodies of people
wind and sand
the three domes
of earth, skull and sky
cranial patterns of earth
as by breathing
the double helix of life arises
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HB 2014
driving home from the church gig
I come upon the melting moon…
creme brule with a spoonful already eaten…
just for a moment – a pine tree silhouette carves
the moon’s surface and I realize
I’ve never actually seen this sight before,
though I’ve heard the lyric and sung it many times.
but tonight, our love comes home to me,
‘sweet and clear, like moonlight through the pines’
home, yes
almost home…
“Humming Georgia” by Holly Burke from her collection “Looking for Hymn”
I
First Time
isdomDeep breath
dive in
as this new life’s
about to begin
Holly Burke Music 