marlene mountain
one-line haiku sequence
december 1983
taliswom
dance the stars as our moon appears
circle of herself
ancient mission within the ritual
her cycle of remembrancealone she creates from her darkness
the old beginning the new
at dawn she gathers cord and chord
again we do not believe
she persists in her journey to meet us
knowledge of spiritual strength
even by noon heat she dares us to respond
her red chant of her red chant
beyond tree rings the ways of our moon
she rises as she chooses
in her blood of flow our sacred story
we with the openings to hear
The Wise Woman 5:4
1984 (as 'sequence');
Raw Nervz Haiku 3:3 1996