Shakuhachi Player, Interior (for Ed Heckerman)


There, in its hollow,
Inside the bamboo. Golden,

Warm from breath. The hare, the sparrow,
The bee, spill down its sinew.

Thin hermit's cavern, whoosh of arrow,
Furrow of life. A burbling

Rindle, a scroll furled, narrow
Desiccate of spring shoot come to autumn.

Insight. The bamboo, still
Ringing on its pillow.

© Oct 5, 2020 John Goss