17 September 2009 | Vol. 9, No. 3
all the watches, unwinding
their inevitability, like frost
or pigeon calls in morning air.
there is a turning point
with snow, swooping
under eaves a breaker
small and precise
called earthward or
uncertain
the way it shivers
forgets resolution, teeth
the discontinuity of tiny gears.
About the author:
Patrick M. Pilarski is the co-editor of DailyHaiku, an international journal of contemporary English-language haiku. His first full collection, Huge Blue, was released in September 2009 by Leaf Press, and he is the author of one chapbook, Five Weeks. Patrick's work has appeared in journals and anthologies across North America, Europe, Australia, and Japan, recently including PRISM international, the Antigonish Review, the Literary Review of Canada, Carousel, and the New Quarterly. He lives in Edmonton, Canada, with his partner, poet Nicole Pakan, and can be found online at www.pilarski.ca.
For further reading:
See the complete list of work by Patrick M. Pilarski at 42opus. Browse the contents of 42opus Vol. 9, No. 3, where "all the watches, unwinding" ran on September 17, 2009. List other work with these same labels: poetry.
