the sky full of stars
a hundred different ways
to spell 'Rudolph' /john e carley
on each side of the gate
a snow angel /karina klesko
what if there were
a cat in every window
just for effect /john r snyder
* * *
his e-mail arrives
with a burst of cymbals /sprite
no sun today
except for a daffodil
on the hill /karina
a row of tongues
await the wafer's touch /jec
* * *
in Knossos too
the pillars of the temple
tumbled down /sprite
half man half beast
a slave to this desire /jrs
our summer love
plays on the jukebox
bittersweet and strange /karina
* * *
back from Iraq
he's grown three inches /jrs
magic mushrooms
form a circle
softly now the moon /jec
a toast of cider
in the amber dusk /sprite
composed via email on The
Renkujin Palace
begun 21/12/03
completed 05/01/04
Renjyu: Sprite, John R. Snyder,
Karina Klesko
John Carley—sabaki
