Kenneth Patchen Green Poems
- 1. Pastoral
The Dove walks with sticky feet
Upon the green crowns of the almond tree,
Its feathers smeared over with warmth
Like honey
... - 2. When We Were Here Together
when we were here together in a place we did not know, nor one
another.
A bit of grass held between the teeth for a moment, bright hair on the
wind.
... - 3. Be Music, Night
Be music, night,
That her sleep may go
Where angels have their pale tall choirs
... - 4. Fall Of The Evening Star
Speak softly; sun going down
Out of sight. Come near me now.
Dear dying fall of wings as birds
... - 5. Irkalla's White Caves
I believe that a young woman
Is standing in a circle of lions
In the other side of the sky.
... - 6. In The Footsteps Of The Walking Air
In the footsteps of the walking air
Sky's prophetic chickens weave their cloth of awe
And hillsides lift green wings in somber journeying.
... - 7. Saturday Night In The Parthenon
Tiny green birds skate over the surface of the room.
A naked girl prepares a basin with steaming water,
And in the corner away from the hearth, the red wheels
Of an up-ended chariot slowly turn.
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