led by eiko yachimoto
started 21 June, 2003
completed 22 August, 2003
(first folio recto)
morning heat —
the goslings growing as tall
as their parents..........................gary
warner
bare feet on the lawn
lakeside taichi practice.................eiko
yachimoto
clean and white
pyjamas billow between
miners' tenements........................paul
conneally
delicate parabolas
strongest cables..........................john r.
snyder
fresh-filled jam jars
on my kitchen shelf
cooling by moonlight.....................kirsty
karkow
surveillance cameras
along the chilly stone wall..............carmen
sterba
(first folio verso)
zig-zags shatter
the grinding grey of cloud,
the breathless mountain................john e
carley
from the iron slag
a korl woman rises........................johnye
strickland
Oh, Diana,
unaware that the huntress
could be hunted...........................jec
new life for the team*
hugs for The Slugger's wife.............js
if this love spills
into the world...
build an ark..................................kk
a thumb-size warrior
rows with a chopstick oar...............ey
in a loquat moon
the top car swinging
on a ferris wheel...........................an'ya
midsummer darkness
the grandfather clock ticks .........js
Mt. Kailas
a saffron robe moves on
the narrow path............................kk
drowned horsefly
how glad I am you've flown away.....an'ya
under the magnolia blossoms
a half-finished canvas
estate sale..................................jrs
in lucy's land **
the post box starts to sprout jec
(second folio-recto)
after the shootings
children run in the streets
contagious smiles........................cs
I eat an avocado
ever so slowly............................an'ya
surprise, surprise,
the old fishmonger
resets his bluffside booth..............pc
a snowflake melting
on a salted sea bream..................jec
menfolk talk
of the Boston Tea Party
around a bonfire.........................an'ya
scattering nomads
the wounded mammoth turns........jrs
the computer freezes
midway through
the librarian's search...................cs
our eye contact
through musty book shelves.........an'ya
i must admit to tears
at Cio-Cio’s aria
on the wind...............................pc
a bag of blond hair
with 'john aged six' on it..............pc
changing of the tide
twin dolphins leap toward
the golden moon........................js
across my pillow
the curve of a long night.............kk
(second folio-verso)
thick dawn fog
a river of warmth flows
from a farmhouse.......................jrs
a crate of small apples
saved for the cider....................ey
my face is blue
and so are my family's
Crayola portrait........................gw
eighty-eight temples
in just fifty-nine days................pc
countless blossoms
delivered by the storm
arrive unspoiled........................cs
way after teatime
the sun still in the sky...............jec
*at the completion of the kasen: winning a
new life
**lucy's land: from "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", lyrics by John
Lennon; "Lucy" is the protagonist of the song, performed by the
Beatles.
