The Justification of Time

Barely any

time left

so much

already

passed unsuffered

unredeemed

and so fast

passing

faster

and faster.

It is simply

dangerous

to allow time

to pass unloved.

Rogan Wolf, January 2010

Tunnelling

Tunnelling into the dark

is sometimes

the only way

to break clear.

Rogan Wolf, January 2010

4 Haiku from the Winter

Their shadows they leave

on the snow, spidery bones.

Themselves they bury.

The black cat sees snow

all round and pounces. Snow-flakes

flutter back to ground.

I leave a footprint

wherever I go. Winter,

please last forever.

The black cat labours

through deep snow, tail sideways, pads

on snow the one sound.

Rogan Wolf, Spring 2009

The Justification of Movement

If I were some migrating swallow, for instance,

I would find myself each year

returning home to you.

Or compass needle at sea

you would be my due North

I tending to you.

If I were a column of ants

you would be my hidden queen

justifying my movement.

Or old clock

you my pendulum

we would sing in unison with time.

Rogan Wolf Spring 2010