May 18, 2020
steady chaos / setbacks / excuses / lies
see / where it took us / oh vanished hope
/ we were downcast / being / such tired dust
I close my eyes / between light and dark / alive is
almost dead …
when receiving / I see your face / not sky but / visions
first cold / then colder / the moon breaks / rusted red
vivid blush / under stars / directing night’s
expanding shift / do not stop but / swirl the colors
for the cold beach is empty now …
the pelicans are full / not from sea but / only to sleep / with
wind all around / even then / as hopeless / as a ghost
rejected / I detect you / your guarded distance
your aloofness / the vase that holds your heart / a loneliness
that waters it …
DAH is a multiple Pushcart Prize and Best Of The Net nominee, and the lead
editor for the poetry critique group, The Lounge. The author of nine books of
poetry, DAH lives in Berkeley, California, and has been teaching yoga to children
in public and private schools since 2005. He is working on his tenth poetry book,
which is due for release in September, 2020 from Clare Songbirds Press.
www.dahlusion.wordpress.com