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Lignum/Ignus

By Richard Mather




beetle bugs the vermicular

pulpy matter & morel

mushroom spores


creeping fire, wood, mud

dried under tracks, cracks

douglas fir burn flying


embers, grass is flammable

spits of fire feather heavy

and dung beetle light


ashy bones of rabbits

and fur, elk midstream,

a refuge


nature’s laity call cry yap flap

orbits of flies whistling kites

signal danger


heather shoots grouse,

deep peat wet or dry

charred planet renewed

earth


koala up up up


crown of fire

a tall trees cathedral

burn up up up


a choke of smoke

as flame enfolds


fire wood firs fires

an apocalyptic interchange

of atoms

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