Birch plantation
red mist in the distance
black knots unravelling
frost in the garden
migrants ready to go
above
was a sea
cold and tranquil
counting grains of sand
the absence is less sharp
I planted a flag
on your castle
for the tide to take
she loved visiting tea rooms
strawberry jam, clotted cream
question marks
in the eyes of the cat
under the table
all my elegies
were born in this room
Gerard Depardieu is 60 today
and still doesn’t know
he is my guardian angel?
talking to her on the phone
makes your chest ache
longing for meaning
the poet dipped his glasses
into the coffee
La Lugubre Gondola
sinks in a turquoise dream
ripe grapes
eaten by wasps
under an indifferent halo
every day a flying leaf
a dancing lesson
the two sisters argued
over which couple
deserved to win
here you are − my foreign voice
my out of tune wisdom
a self-inflicted tattoo
that says
nothing at all
twelve bars of Irischer Frühling
lifted his depression
Alleluia! Alleluia!
thousands of carnations
and I’m not thinking of you
the hare on its haunches
ears pink with sunlight.
A nijuuin renga in winter
at Harnham Monastery
27.12.08
participants:
Bhikhhu Abhinando
John Bower
Livia Candiani
Linda France (master)
Cesare Mariscotti