Dharma

by Allan Peterson

 

Sometimes you go where the gold dragons are
and eat with sticks
the red alcoves the waterfalls moving by lights
the folded futures
shadows on fire below the platter Finally she said
a shine that lasts

 

© 2006 Allan Peterson

Allan Peterson's manuscript All the Lavish in Common won the 2005 Juniper Prize and is forthcoming from University of Massachusetts Press in April 2006. An earlier book, Anonymous Or won the Defined Providence Press competition and was published in 2002. Recent print and online appearances include: Prairie Schooner, West Wind, Bellingham Review, Natural Bridge, Perihelion, Stickman Review, Marlboro Review, Tar Wolf. A free downloadable chapbook, "Any Given Moment," is available from www.righthandpointing.com.