Night Shadow
in a corner
of the city
lives a begger
with his shadow.
in the dim
and smoky daylight
of the city
when the people
all are waking
and the begger
gathers rubbish
in the gutter,
then the shadow
follows faintly
and is trod on
by the people.
but at night
when all are sleeping
then the shadow
goes a-walking
in the city
through the palaces
of princes.
RCN 1986
Breakout
On a white hilltop,
Proud emminence
Of the fresh-painted earth,
Falls smoking to the snow,
A drop of blood.
RCN ca. 1980