more 'ku train senryu _ .

more 'ku train senryu _ .


mesa

Table Mesa
the ancestors red earth home
where blind eyes can see


boat

my ship sailed empty
of spoils of war or larceny
floating free


moist

eyes fill with rivers
overflowing edges~burst
emotional dam


feeder

birds get spoiled
thinking they're domesticated
won't fend for themselves


sugar cane

bent and stooped backs
cutting caña since near dawn
for the world's sweet tooths


fall

falling in love
up/down free falling ~ heart first |
thirsting for someone


gravy

wavy gravy
in a boat bound for chicken
slapped on someones hips


still
still making moonshine
in backwater towns nightly
rounding out the tides


snap

twigs and bones
wringing of hands, popping of stones
a magic motion


swamp

in the way back
patiently picking their teeth
alligators wait


away

too far to be home
nearer to being foreign
words my mother tongue


never

never say never
as soon as you do > never
takes a bite of you

it's like forever
a long way to say > maybe
so don't count on it


turquoise

turquoise sky, blurry
clouds colliding in the blue
not sure about rain


sway

stomp, turn, swish and sway
dancing can be dangerous
calling in the day


circus

divine clowns dancing
bring the future forward
by chanting in reverse


© 2009 Odilia Galván Rodríguez