RAIN
stricken shapes trembling in driven rain 
streaking eyes processional 
distant thunder ripens 
fills mighty lungs 
in meditation 
a great brahm of air 
lightening sears the core 
tinder-brush takes fire 
vitals sizzle and sing 
white shoots cleave the mud 
wattles of the breast crackle 
a bird sings in the cage 
here is a feather

                              (1969)