Winter Carnival
along every terrace
snow and weeds
the winter sparrows
have all gone silent --
how pale your eyes
empty stalks
gathered close to the wall
this errant heart
just a cold wind
tugging at my sleeves-
January thaw
February 8, 2025
Kasur Gyalo Thondup, one of the prime figures in modern Tibetan history and
the second eldest brother of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, pa...
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4 comments:
Worth the wait.
I'm not surprised all the sparrows have gone silent. It's a beautiful but bone-chilling place to be.
"Worth the wait" indeed. These are all wonderful, Willie!
Love the jump between the two images in the "snow/weeds : eyes" verse. They start far apart, yet, with repeated reading, draw closer and closer. Filmic!
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