Breath on Glass

Meeting Place

Table beneath windows
shadows of hands
on open white

Voices in the room
dust rises
over the table

Child at the sheet
black on the fingers
divides in the white

Hands over ink
dark at the table edge
under voices

Voices in the courtyard
a sentence grows rough
at the damp stone

Gaze to gaze
open paper
between the chairs

Through the Door

Brush in water
next door a voice
gathers

Nib scratch
under voices
in the wood

Workshop table
a sentence crosswise
between tools

Ink jar
voices next door
tremble at the edge

Paper dries
door air
pulls through the sentence

Colour on the wall
voices in dust
at the edge

Lane in Glass

Lane in glass
narrow light
stirs the sheets

Window takes rain
at the paper
grey edge

Footsteps before the door
dust rises inside
on the table

Cobblestone outside
the line hesitates
under the hand

Narrow street
at the table edge
edge-light

Lane at the window
a shadow passes
through the sketch

White in the Lane

Paper at the window
the lane presses
its light in

Sheet on stone
cold rises
through white

Fibre in backlight
dust becomes visible
before the stroke

Sheet in the courtyard
at the edge
rain draws grey

Paper edge
takes red from stone
into the white

White in the lane
one spot is enough
for depth

Quieter Return

Courtyard wall in light
voices sink
into the stone

Sentence at the window
rough stone
under the voice

Chairs by the courtyard
water in moss
at the base

Paper rustles
outside rain falls
into the joint

Courtyard behind glass
dull gaze
at damp plaster

Word in the courtyard
narrow sound
on the wall

Strange Light

Drawing table
beside the wall
shadow gathers

Picture in a frame
quiet ink
behind glass

Hand at the paper
strange light
at the place

Sketch in the room
the wall moves close
to the line

Ink dries
a frame lies
in the next room

Spot behind glass
narrow sheen
at the edge

Breath on Glass

Manuscript in the case
voices move
along the glass

Glass over paper
a child bends
into the edge

Case in light
beside the table
dust at the edge

Sheet behind glass
voices before it
an edge of light

Script in protection
paper beside it
under hands

Display case in light
breath on glass
over the sentence

Door Gap

Glass at the door
lane in light
at the bright edge

Threshold in light
a step separates dust
from stone

Window casement
narrow shadow
on the wall

Glass over paper
a spot at the edge
untouched

Door gap
voices pass
thinly through

Threshold to the courtyard
rain-light
in the print

Glass Keeps Distance

Wall in morning light
bright dust
under the picture

Frame to frame
narrow sheen
at the edge of the line

Gaze before paper
glass between
in the light

Image edge
narrow shadow
on the wall

White surface
a dark spot
behind glass

Between pictures
quiet voices
along the edge

Dust in the Light

Voice in the stairwell
dust in the light
briefly bright

Sentence on the wall
lime takes on sound
at the edge

Whisper in the courtyard
water in moss
at the base

Voices over paper
an edge lifts
in breath

Open door
dust draws
through the gap

Empty room
dust on plaster
in flat light

Imprint

Dust on the threshold
bright step
at the edge

Hand over paper
flat warmth
in the white

Glass after voices
breath dries
at the edge

Ink in the white
an old pressure
lifts the fibre

Chair at the table
shadow on the floor
holds the form

Joint in the floor
a remnant of light
inside it

Bright Spot

Open door
light on paper
bright edge

Empty table
an imprint holds
the warmth

Glass in evening
thin voices
at the pane

Dust on the floor
bright step
in the grey

Ink at the edge
black draws slowly
into the fibre

House in evening
a window holds
a bright spot