INDEX - CULTUREwww.islandbreath.org ID#0818-04
SUBJECT: POETRY FROM KAUAISOURCE: JONATHAN JAY jonathan@DAkauai.com
POSTED: 4 OCTOBER 2008 - 10:00am HSTcelebrating what is left
image above: detail of illustration of "Estelle" in 10/272008 issue of The New Yorker by Ana Juan
by Jonathan Jay on 3 November 2008
celebrating what is left
oh wise child
hot sweet coffee
sunlight glinting through your teeth
bouncing, splashing off your tongue
jiggle
wiggle
piggle and poke
wrapped up tight
in apron and cinnamon bun
blossoming, gorgeous
opening towards the day
pregnant
swollen
filled with promise
tell me
oh tame one
Laka-Shiva-Rata-Sheba
what does your name mean?
see also:
Island Breath: Millicent's Kauai Goodbye 4/22/07
Island Breath: Find the Antidote 9/1/04
Island Breath: Poetry of Faith Harding 6/9/04
The Gobbler: A Cautionary Tail Winter Crystal 1998
The Gobbler: Gallery Page