do you think that you can find the place?
(unnumbered fragment, for a series with Eva Mok's photographs)
in the leaf
we read
a map
of the forest
in the deep
of the forest
we come to
the garden
full of flowers
strewn with autumn
sun most welcome
in the afternoon
in the garden
the tree
guards the house
where we live
we live
in the garden
in the forest
on the map
from the windows
of the house
we read the garden
and we tend it
the map is read
from the leaf
secret to the tree
it has just these
few days fallen
to tell
where we are
where we will be
will you join us
will you be one
among the all
that lets the leaf
now fall
?
Yes, when I first saw this photograph I thought of maps too, the detail in both poem and photo is exquisite.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, both photo and poem.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the lovely poem!
ReplyDeleteStop at the ladybug
ReplyDeleteturn left at the aphid
watch the caterpillar