A Diamond

Jack SpicerContemplative
A Translation for Robert Jones

A diamond Is there At the heart of the moon or the branches or my nakedness And there is nothing in the universe like diamond Nothing in the whole mind.

The poem is a seagull resting on a pier at the end of the ocean.

A dog howls at the moon A dog howls at the branches A dog howls at the nakedness A dog howling with pure mind.

I ask for the poem to be as pure as a seagull's belly.

The universe falls apart and discloses a diamond Two words called seagull are peacefully floating out where the waves are The dog is dead there with the moon, with the branches, with my nakedness And there is nothing in the universe like diamond Nothing in the whole mind.

Jack Spicer
SourceLicence:Public domain (US, unrenewed)

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