Static Landscapes Eight Times - Poems by Alan Catlin

Static Landscapes Eight Times

 

            1-

Ghost ranch vista;

even the clouds

have windows

 

            2-

Field of white sand,

large black stone off-center;

rising, falling, or standing still?

 

            3-

In the desert:

long horned steer skulls

replace the clouds

 

            4-

Library copy of Stieglitz’s

late work; nude studies

of his wife torn out

 

            5-

A waking dream

with holes in it;

clouds seeping out

 

            6-

Tarnished mirror

in half-light, shadow

images staring back;

the ghost of a face

 

            7-

Moonrise over the mountains,

drying laundry and prayer flags

in early evening breeze

 

            8-

Valley shadows spread;

how the sun sets 

Alan Catlin has published dozens of chapbooks and full-length books. He latest published works include How Will the Heart Endure (about life and work of Diane Arbus( from Kelsay Books and listening to the Moonlight Sonata from Impspired (UK).