Poetry at Sangam

Poetry at Sangam showcases poetry in English and translations as well as essays on poetics and news of new releases.

The Transformation by Stephen Collis

Lean over me
trees you
antlers of heaven
earth’s first and
last defense your
fists full of
eagles and
dusk-in-day shadows
I trip at the edge
of enlightenment
lacking roots no
sense of the nearness
or rejuvenation of
forest fires the
dead Buddhist master
I want to spy
high in your boughs
looking to get up
at last into the sky

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