Barrier Island Suite
Poems
978-1-68003-065-5 Paperback
6 x 9 x 0.22 in
80 pp.
Pub Date: 04/08/2016
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from "The Islander"
Painting his subject,
Wen Yü K’o becomes bamboo.
Han Kan turns to horse.
Walter merges with island,
follows pig tunnels through brush.
In flotsam shoes, he
walks on water moccasins
and on copperheads.
Not immune to their venom
he suffers fevered visions.
He’s the young heron
seen climbing a dead pine spar
with feet, wings, and bill,
stretching out to mount a cloud
and take the heavens by storm.
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