A nature & reflection poem about planet, ear, footfall, where attention changes the scale of the ordinary.
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The planet keeps an ear beneath the field. It hears the footfall before the foot arrives. I cross with my name in my mouth, then swallow it at the border. Somewhere below, the dark has learned my weight.
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A nature & reflection poem about planet, ear, word, where attention changes the scale of the ordinary.
Scale becomes an unstable instrument as the speaker tries to judge a thing that will not stay still.
A nature & reflection poem about scale, tremor, material, where attention changes the scale of the ordinary.
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