amphibi.us » »Lois Mintah http://amphibi.us Thu, 17 May 2012 00:15:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 The Last Poem http://amphibi.us/all/the-last-poem/ http://amphibi.us/all/the-last-poem/#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:45:10 +0000 Shannon Peil http://amphibi.us/?p=1319 When all the poems have been written,
and the saffron robes of the last king
have swept a dusty palace floor,
and a forlorn light on a metal dome
is the only sign of human life,
Someone hunched over a fire,
deep under the frozen planet,
will say I wrote something.
His friend will reply
it can’t be a poem;
all the poems have been written.
well, says the first, for now, I will call it
a poem.


© Lois Mintah, 2010
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the breeze carries
the scent of peach trees and incense,
the sound of chanting from far-away.
Granite-and-gold, multi-tiered temples
float on clouds as big as mountains.

Near the splendor of the palace,
I stroll with perfect pace and balance,
adorned in a lotus-shaped
headdress of pearls and silver.
My flute tastes like ginger and lychee
as I play a tune.
Reality cloaked in haze,
my meditation births
the essence of yin and yang.

A beautiful sunrise can only be reaped from beautiful dreams.



© Lois Mintah, 2010
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