[Aztlan] poem: Short Tour of an Ancient Maya Site

[Lorna Huff]

Dear listeros, 

I much appreciate the opportunity to post an occasional  poem at Aztlan for those who might enjoy it. I'm currently writing a research summary paper from which the following diversionary verses stemmed ! 

Thanks to all for a very interesting and informative past year at Aztlan and looking forward to more of the same this year.


Lorna


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Short Tour of an Ancient Maya Site


Here is a sculptor's crumbled stela
set upright, reassembled
brought back to living sight
from an arid abyss.

Here is narrative consumed by elements
remnant glyphs tell elusive fragments:
sliver moon, jaguar print
vanishing to forest shadow.

See carved image of a ruler dressed
with serpent bar across his chest
standing atop bent human forms
his platform on caiman waters.

In the ball court a skull presides
as panel patrons offer tribute prize;
young Balam sits nearby
holding rabbit on his crescent tail.

Here are the crossroads to four directions,
center stones for myth creation
when celestial bodies made passage
beneath their 'sakbih' footprints.

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