Manners befitting barely shine on bats that swing :
pain long poised like bails on stumps sap stiff with
standing; the unbelief of most except whose heads
turn hardest back from win delay : ground eaters
chipping feat away.
April '16 ~ land mark the days,
green field maroons : no healing greater in the world
the trophy lift the victory lap ̶ chest Warrau bare, Who
dare? ̶ past boundary six ball arcing high for need
full crowd breath catchment.
Pad gloves on off . fingers up you out signal lots
cast . seed beds left unmade : care take yourself.
Suns you plant become suns.
– W.W.
ANXIETY
is the armour of growth
the pain of a dry seed
fallen on sandy soil
and waiting for the wind
Or say a splint sparks ten
times before one flame blooms.
(from "Scratches On The Air" by Brian Chan)
FARJOURNEY CARIBBEAN 