[Aztlan] Quatrefoil Poetry

[Lorna Huff]

Hi Everyone,

I was inspired by Justin Kerr’s poem (of March 23) to send the following 
poem for perhaps somewhat related consideration on the subject of 
quatrefoil-portals.





                                             Maya Blue




                                             When you truly desire to fly, 
you will
                                             know how to

                                             dressed in cotinga & quetzal 
feathers
                                             glued carefully on your skin

                                             you begin by painting, air & 
water
                                             aquamarine, cobalt, cyan, 
cerulean,

                                             then cut a horizon as sharp
                                             as an obsidian blade.

                                             Draw a circle.
                                             Light it with jaquar lily 
flames.

                                             Finally, when your brush is 
poised
                                             with longing

                                             sketch the bright teal
                                             curve of your own wings

                                             climbing an airborne stairway
                                             on the back of Ehecatl -

                                             wind as master, you are its’ 
exuberant child
                                             lost in azul

                                             while the world sails on, over 
the lazuline
                                             edge of your painting.






Lorna Huff

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