Feng Shui
Poems




The Yang and Yin of Water

River:
(Yang Expression)

Water bubbling,
churning, chuckling,
foaming over rocky ledges
ripples dancing, trapping sunlight,
round the driftwood,
down the stream.

Mist:
(Yin expression)

My dog and I step outside
into a world of grey.
Air is water, water air,
soft and silky, frail and drifting,
pale mist lifting,
barely there.

from
Wind and Water.  Feng Shui in our Lives
copyright: Carole Bollini, 2018


Carp Pond

They slip silently
through the depths,
tiny and colorful
birds of the water,
their gills wave gently
as they weave among each other.

Overhead the Brazilian sunlight
gleams on trailing branches
heavy with colorful flowers,
silence reigns.

Then birds call to one another
through the gentle shushing
of water sliding down the rock face
to the pond beneath.

As the watcher sits immobile on a rock
a dragonfly lights on her knee,
he quivers gently, iridescently
and waves a greeting.

Carole (Peggy) Bollini