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Roshan Houshmand detail from "Night Garden" |
Dar-Al-IslamAll interiors must be Moorish How else can the mind Reflect enclosure? Two plum trees In full intoxication Purple blossoms scenting bees. Off to the east, a long line of mountains Inside, a repetition Of tiles, motif, flower The mind of god must be a spiral. I'm afraid the door might lock behind me, Above the lintel Mud nest of the house swallow Unsupported archway Covered in adobe Architecture as impression-- Bootprint left in mud. In what book Did I slice The uncut pages? First volume of the unexpurgated Arabian Nights-- Maybe that is why This courtyard seems enchanted An open room I can neither close nor enter This is an illusion Neither veil, nor tent One moment of bees in plum blossoms Extends a hundred years. Abiquiu, New Mexico. March, 1997. |
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Issue #12, November, 1999 :
Santa Fe Poetry Broadside.