Fish Eye View

Guppy
galaxies swim
in God’s fish bowl, destined
for the fallen in funeral
flushes.

 

Takiko's Gift, 1968

Paper
creased into cranes
flocking a Christmas tree;
memory chained as feathers strain
to fly.

Return to the front page of this issue:   Amaze   Vol. 2, No. 2   Fall & Winter, 2003.
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These poems are Copyright © 2003 by Steve Williams.