Open Lines

Nib over stone
black hesitates briefly
at the tip

Tip in ink
black gathers light
on metal

Nib pressure
the line jumps
over the fibre

Tip at the edge
a mouth begins
against the fibre

Nib in light
thin black
rubs against white

Scratching in white
the first stroke
lays down an edge

Brush hair
takes up black
until it trembles

Tip in white
under pressure
edge in the paper

Graphite dust
on the finger
moves along

Ink in the glass
dark light
at the bottom

Paper fibres
hold the stroke
against the hand

Drawing table
a shadow bends
into paper light

Line at the edge
an ear holds shadow
in the wear

Eye in the sketch
still without a face
it looks back

Paper skin
charcoal lies rough
on pale ground

Claws in white
page under pressure
paper gives way

Colour at the margin
a wing brushes
the wear

Drawing in light
the dark edge
presses into paper

Spot on the threshold
dust at the edge
lifts a wing

Door in the paper
at the fold
light rustles

Dragon of ink
warmth in the stone
beneath the scale

Fox in the sketch
the tail brushes dust
at the edge of the page

Glass in the cellar
a bright circle
at the dark edge

Child over the sheet
the first stroke
carries a forest

Child at the sheet
a dragon begins
as a hook

Slanted stroke
a mouth opens
in the paper

Fingers full of black
a forest begins
under the hand

Eye of ink
still without a body
it looks back

Paper rustles
an outline moves
through the fibre

Small spot
the whole page
holds breath

Spot with wing
black lifts
from the paper

Animal in the sketch
the line searches for fur
in dust

Dragon in the courtyard
the scale holds
warmth from the stone

Fox in edge-light
the tail brushes dust
in the lane

Moth in the manuscript
wing dust
on the script

Small claw
paper gives way
at the corner

Marginal note
open word
at the edge

Correction stroke
black over black
the place grows heavy

Manuscript
the fibre carries
several beginnings

Sheet in the stack
a sentence presses through
from below

Ink at the edge
an error darkens
in the fibre

Line in the light
dust settles
on half-words

Margin full of marks
the fibre holds
the beginning of a sentence

Word beneath word
black condenses
the line

Correction at the edge
a cross-stroke
in the white

Sheet over sheet
pressure under the hand
in the line

Manuscript in light
dust at the edges
rough on the writing

Black place
a beginning gathers
in the spot

Table in light
open sheet
under voices

Hand beside hand
a stroke slips
in the white

Chairs in a circle
dust rises
under the sentences

Window to the lane
rain on the glass
a gaze narrows

Paper on the table
black on the fingers
moves on

Room full of edges
open spot
between voices

Ink at the edge
in the joints
the room takes black

Door to the lane
light runs in
the table edge brightens

Paper on wood
hands divide black
into open lines

Children at the table
from a crooked line
an animal begins

Wall in light
open image
at the rough edge

Voices in the room
between hands
open black