Passive Architect
Bubble of a Hidden Brook
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Streams have erased the surface
exposing the rocks below
the land of waterfalls where the
whole lake drains to one rock hole
a focused sense of darkness, streams running
falling, curling, hiding
in the hollows of dark
spaces between rocks
on rocks with a solid blanket
covering of earth above.
The Blarney House
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Yews cut in square planes
yellow thread chamaecyparis
a Barrigan house of architecture
at the Blarney house
concealing gardens
before a snack in the warm stable
sitting at a low teachers desk
for lunch
four of us shared soup
and bread with the birds
before walking into the Druid forest
a deep green and magical place of color.
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The Calmness of an Unhurried Culture Remains
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Let’s fill our castles full
of trinkets, deep wool scarves
feather beds and niceties.
The next generation will
split the wealth among farmers.
The earnings of a final generation
the overgrowing ivy
an abandoned mansion
managing a gnarly tree in
the drawing room.
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