Rubbing the Stones

ONE STORY ABOUT STONE

IN A BONSAI POT FROM THE SENSEI

The stone is a companion of bonsai.

The stone is an older view of nature.

Jim Bodeen
24 September 2013

READING IN THE GOBI-RATTLER ROOM

AFTER PRUNING TREES

The seeker after stone

knows he’s running into time

walking rivers

in his sandals. Here,

all rocks washed,

wet, emerging

from shadowed sunlight,

eyes drop into movements

of sound recognizing old songs.

He finds himself

banking with ancestors.

Part of what he cradles

in his hands is water.

Jim Bodeen

17 September 2013
White River