Poems from Murray Alfredson
Quietus thoughts
I’ve passed three score and ten;many years I’ve harbouredthoughts of death.
I’ve dwelt on means:by fire,drinking fuel to...
Ring song
Go tell the worldhow close you cleave,my ring.
No! Wait! — The worldhas little careto pause and hearyou sing.
Tell her who...
Ch'an music II
Drink in a whilethe image ofan unfilled teacup.
Enter that spaceflawless, open,enclosed by porcelain walls.
Sit still, sit...
Sunsets
(variation on a theme of Hölderlin)
I
A god salutes us: flinging his molten goldacross the city sky, the Sustainer takes his...
Sunsets IIThe sun is set; the cloudscape once softly drawnin gold and rust now fades to a single grey. All glow has gone; the wind bites...