Caitríona O'Reilly
Posted in 2016-2017 Readings and Talks
October 18, 2016
Seminar 5:30 PM | Lannan Center (New North 408)
Reading 8:00 PM | Copley Formal Lounge
KOMOREBI
— Caitríona O’Reilly
Between the world and the word
are three small shapes,
the signs for “tree,” “escape,” and “sun.”
I watch how the light leaks through them,
casting a shade in both directions
in the late year, on the russet path
barred with the shadows of trees.
I love how it exults, like any escapee,
on the lake in slow reflective waves,
in radiant bands ascending the birch trunks
according to some unknown frequency,
and in the cormorant extending his wet wings to it
in a messianic gesture,
as if dazzled to absolute
by the word and the world’s beauty.
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