The lovely earth sobbing out the blackbird’s song
– Friedricke Mayröcker transl. Nicola Thomas
From season to home
a shift south
the needle being threaded in one
swift movement
Repair the sleep moonlit room
patterned paper static bird
ghostly lane noise
shadow dawn’s approach
the borderland awaiting
the sky burst those bands
above the line
Idea of daylight against the pull
of slow approach
address experience dim thought
await movement & sensory addition
smoothness of transition
simple drift lack of strength
to compete with inscription
& a place in the emptiness
unfurling of the green
emergence of the blue
.
Andrew Taylor
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