in this and of 2014

Dear Jim, in this and of 2014 we think to you
with love from Dianella

Jerome Rothenberg - The Sky that Harbors Heaven

The Sky that Harbors Heaven

                                 for Jim Koller, in memory                

into the

homeless state

the lines

of poets

move

not hardened yet

into belief

& other acts

of cruelty

their voices

lost to us

signal a silence

sure as death*                                   * as breath

& louder

even now

I hear

& treasure

like a cry

the greatest

cry

is silent

as the wise man

says

& turns

facing

the future

still behind him

mysteries

we love

only because

they break

the world

apart

enough to let

the faintest light

shine through

the sky

that harbors heaven

is no sky

the darker world

enfolds it

waits there

mindlessly

until it swallows

mind & body

leaving scarce

a trace

behind

once &

for all

20.xii.14

Harry Hoogstraten - Kerst groet

sad   so sad  ....

***

Dear Maggie here are some of the poems I know Jim liked, wishing you and the children all the best , love Harry

https://soundcloud.com/sloowtapes/harry-hoogstraten