Fully Awake In Your Look

Fierce dakini shimmering.
Radiant rupture of my dreamstream.

Misery of mine, I twist and turn,
caught between the rock
and the bottom line.

All I can think to say is, "Nice shoes."

At the Center is Fire

I take note of the naked
zero

in the spinning fall of leaves

and gauge the browns and reds
of frost.

^

Biography

Richard Denner was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area He received a B.A. at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks. He is a proud grandparent. His poetry has been published in magazines and anthologies. His first collection was Breastbeaters in 1960, published by Berkeley Pamphlets. His last collection, Another Artaud has just been released by D Press. He stays at home near Santa Rosa, California, and writes. His website is http://www.dpress.net