Rowing Across - Karen Peris

Landscape with birds Down the stairs in the air The light is slanting down In a clean early scene No stain is on these grounds Birds over sidestreets Birds over

Song for a new day Clouds turning Secret and slow Over the great banks of snow Clouds of breath over the lawn I begin the white violet dawn Speechless and full

Today I would have liked best To walk with a dog Through the city Beside the doors Looking up together Raising the line Raising the line of the horizon Up a lit