Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Lightning

Lightning

Cancer made its home
spread to my right eye
made me see rice scattered
on a sheet of nori
in night's sky with a
full moon Buddha
wielding chopstick lightning

6 comments:

  1. very powerful - I especially like the Buddha's chopsticks

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  2. Wow, Willow....so many images here. I love the flow of this poem.

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  3. This is a killer poem, images of shifted vision, despite scary cause. Beauty of a kind can come from anything, transformation. I think the title is a perfect loop.

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  4. Wow another amazing poem. such images! I esp like the rice scattered on nori and the Bhudda's chopsticks. Excellent.

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  5. Willow, this is such excellent poetry. Every time I read it, I have a different interpretation of what you wrote. Wow!

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  6. Anytime I see or hear the word cancer I get very scared. The images here are incredible though.

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