for my father
wood and meadow
was your books
also on the dresser
the big dictionary
to name exactly
each thing
that mattered you
you well upright
on your two legs
heartily in communion
the church sundays
so tiny but so important like poetry
for my father
wood and meadow
was your books
also on the dresser
the big dictionary
to name exactly
each thing
that mattered you
you well upright
on your two legs
heartily in communion
the church sundays
to denude oneself
of any past
for writng
without luggage
and let the poem
escape from my mouth
only free
of its wings