Author Archives: bill gannett

sing, dervish, your exalted stutter

sing, dervish, your exalted stutter!sing your halting notes to the wind. or mutter your song to find its waywhere it will. but bring the thoughtout the mouth. so whatif the sound is mute andthe meaning dull. a brickhas more lustre … Continue reading

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rain, wash my face

Rain, wash my faceWash my tearsRemove the grit, the grime Hail, knock my headKnock my mindSplit my thought to Nothing Light, caress my heartCaress the SilenceBe my all.

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the light grows

the light growsmy hands to openand reach toward the sun. tendrils of sapwarm and applaudthe Awakener. a tremor of loveshouts in greenYou have come!

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the world laughs

The world laughs Its belly laugh As it guzzles pepto bismal

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the sigh of dawn

the sigh of dawn opens my breast to the thought and light of my radiant master.

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the curve of my thought

the curve of my thought eludes me in a forest of hunger and thirst. how to find the vanishing specter? sit still! wait for silence to scream here i am!

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