Friday, April 16, 2021

The Mark

The mark of Cain sears the heart;

murder that was no sacrifice satisfies

no god or mother or father,

the exile self-imposed, the curse

shared by every gift created 

by Cain’s offspring – the inheritance

of making based upon the act 

of turning one thing into another,

a death and resurrection, the essence

of creation.  And the scorn of those

who refuse to make something,

deny the gift of curse, the beauty

of what is given to be made,

how things fit beyond the realm

of vision until seen and then 

the “Aha” that changes everything,

the burning in the heart. 


-Byron Hoot

http://hootnhowlpoetry.com/

The Arrow’s Paradox Or Hitting the Mark

The Barn Swallows fly  across my porch, before my kitchen door and I catch the curve of their flight trying  to recall if I’ve seen one fly ...