Kasen Renga : Silent Explosions 1
[By: Sundiata Acoli and Joan Payne Kincaid]
Hokku
explosions of life
animals and plants re-born
in bird choruses jpk
season cycles back anew
coming forth in restlessness sa
gardens bloom
sunflowers stretch
too fast to believe jpk
slowly noticed yet intense
swallows harken thoughts of it sa
under a shady tree
night heron listens
in rising light jpk
she sees shining stars
and sings a song of sighs jpk
the sea is calling
stronger than a lover’s charm
deeper wading waits sa
shining surfboards and wetsuits
magic tunnels spin jpk
candlelight and cake
casting shadows to and fro
fireflies dart about sa
listening to cricket songs 2
sleigh-bell crescendo jpk
iron dialogues
discourse bars in flesh and blood
white deer fades to blue sa
coolness of dawn
reading truth in clouds jpk
silver disk above
tolls the years gone by encaged
summers hot and long sa
lives circle a vigil
Sunday bells will gong jpk
vistas of the soul
peer into the pains of yore
heat rides in the wind sa
powerful visions appear
swirling on silent dew jpk
scent of daffodils
waft into the room upstairs
vernal spells return sa
down on the lawn
petals of violets vibrated purple jpk
nodding by the temple
a violent need of sleep
sipping dandelion wine jpk
couples glide to trumpet’s bleat
begging joiners to the floor sa 3
in his gilded coupe
floating along the concourse
listening to iPod music jpk
pomp disturbs the starving hordes
moving to a birthday beat sa
arriving at Mardi Gras
eat drink and be merry
order more of everything jpk
ice reigns all around the globe
work-call breaks the interlude sa
the doors slide back
on a single signal
hear a sudden lute and cello concert jpk
love is key to the new world
sharing hurt and joy alike sa
kissing her wish- ring
she leaves the yellow lounge
dressed in an olive velvet gown jpk
racist war haunts New Orleans
killing color and the poor sa
in the round pale light
near a scenic lake
listen to high pitch katydids jpk
Blackwater brings Halloween
shooting survivors on sight sa
a slip of the mask 4
exposes disaster plans
fall arrives early sa
softly sliding psychedelically
posed in dark re-entry jpk
chickens scratch in the mud
earthworms laze above the ground
in receding gales sa
global warming scorcher
dull haze surrounds the sails jpk
morning glories sprout
nature’s eternal cycle
begins once again sa
creatures come and go
turning returning ornaments jpk
Date started: 5.24.01
Date finished: 10.8.06
Tags: a power sun, BLA, black panther, hokku, joan kincaid, Political Prisoner, sundiata acoli