zafusy

hertfordshire triptych (april '07)

field

mist clear-
ing, windblown,
cherrybloss-
om sm-

oke

master

low jet, re-
corded mess-
age, tape a-
cross the

sky

air

slow
rush, birds
mending, torn
sail in the

yard

both worlds (box lane, herts)

bird-
song, lan-
guage games,
choked roar
through the

day

friday prayers (june 23 '06)

bees
gather, chive-
top dome, bow-
ing to the

sun

Tideline Calendar (Main-À-Dieu, Cape Breton)

january

loud
stone,
broken
sky-
light,
litter-
ing
the
shore

february

gray-
green,
pelt
moving,
waves
under
the
ice

march

red
ice,
fields
roll-
ing,
slow
from
p.
e.
i.

april

blue
whale,
tail
frozen,
diving
in
the
bay

may

boat
work-
ing
close
to
shore,
wake
washed
on
the
tide

june

trap
lifted,
scattered
cloud,
scraps
thrown
to
the
gulls

july

heavy
water,
men
haul-
ing,
shadow
from
the
bay

august

ATV,
de-
coy
failing,
sky
crushed
in
the
shell

september

blue
char-
coal,
dome
and
spire,
sky-
line
on
the
shore

october

tide-
torn,
low
sky,
tan-
gled
in
the
kelp

november

flux
and
form,
spray
hang-
ing,
gulls
above
the
foam

december

sun-
set,
back-
wash,
sha-
dow
over
stone

Harbour (Hillside, Cape Breton)

row-
boat, lob-
ster traps, cord-
grass through
           the

hull

Sand Paintings (Tideline Postcards, For Paul)


daylong

wind
tear-
ing,
bright
strips,
moon-
light
from
the
tide

mass

body
break-
ing,
dis-
solution,
salt
host
on
the
sand

p.t.o.

the
loud
stones,
glass
break-
ing,
white
sheet
on
the
shore

child's-eye

look-
ing
up,
gull
mobile,
hang-
ing
from
the
sun

held

warm
breeze,
the
strong
light,
stone
slipped
in
my
hand

aphrodite

slow
strokes,
waves
comb-
ing,
ribbons
from
the
sea

garret

wave
sliding,
sky-
light,
open
on
the
shore

grail

wave
and
foam,
back
break-
ing,
polish-
ing
the
stone

homesick

gray
shore,
dis-
tant
plan-
et,
moon-
rise
in
the
bay

aftermath

day-
break,
quiet
thun-
der,
light-
ning
laps
the
strand

clearance

shore-
birds,
v's
stream-
ing,
flight-
path
from
the
stone

mythic

lost
race,
white
horses,
traces
on
the
sand

Romantic

i. returning (wordsworth)

back-
wash sky, born a-
gain, trailing
clouds of

glory

ii. albion (blake)

harsh sil-
ver, sky in
chains, stretch-
ed along the

shore

Late Poems (For Emily Dickinson)

i. windowdress

the frost
quietly, time
pressing, flow-
ers in the

night

ii. premonition

light-
ning page, and the
earth, crumb-
ling like
thun-
der

Writing Hand (Main-a-Dieu, N.S.)

the
black
reach, back-
wash glove,
clutching
at the
sky

Plane & Depth (Globe Theatre)

i. muffled lines

absurd
drama, clouds
masking, thun-
der droning
from the
wings

ii. all clear

the moon
circles, hold-
ing patterns, light
waved into
land

Pilgrim's Progress (Postmodern Man)

i. promise

beads-
man moon,
the dark gliding,
stars guided
through the
night

ii. empty

hollow
ring, lost ex-
pression, pray-
ing for the
Queen's
return

iii. ironic

slow
fall, look-
ing back, search-
ing out the
moon