the stomate of the rose
nodding against the stem
like a hand
against a wrist
twitching there
when i woke from a dream
i saw so little
the birds wandered the skies
the flowers barely budded out
i. a poet's love ii. veronicae iii. the unpaved iv. prayer-within v. blank and full vi. red earth vii. still life viii. the tic begins ix. arouse alive / a suffering x. de ore leonis xi. fingers of the bird xii. the great good use