A CENTO

Photo/Sketch by S. Auberle

AND NIGHT IS ALL

(a Cento)

a settlement of snow

shining there

in the moonlight

the sky is pure and whole

here we lie

entranced

by the starlit water

where the weight of life

has been lifted

and made light

we have become beautiful

without even knowing it

~ mimi

(a cento, for those of you who are unfamiliar with this poetic form, is a compilation of lines--one each--from other poets, and combined in a new way. Yes, it's legal, no it's not plagiarism, the form actually goes back to Homer and Vergil--so if it's good enough for those cats, it's good enough for me!)