Day -- after Rimbaud

"Day" was originally published in a now defunct online poetry journal called Pyrowords. Their editor was responsible for the symmetrical formatting and choice of color.
Day.

 

Day on fire invisible | water | day on ice.

 

Partly cloudy water to drink.

 

The well is dry.

 

Dry.

 

Sun.

 

The day on fire.

 

The day visible.

 

| Cascading | sun | water heavy laden green-blue

 

Trees are bent all in the same direction,

 

| Immobile | blue-grey stone.

 

They are as quiet as a stone.

 

Stone.

 

Cloud.

 

The day on fire silent | North |

 

Of where we are

 

White sky | sea | gone

 

One cloud heavy laden | green-white cascade.

 

Cascade.

 

Bird.

 

The day is on fire

 

Of fire.

 

It's a fine day clear cool

 

One pellet of fire drop of visible fire

 

| Descending | we ascending

 

As though we were ascending

 

Countless bead steam.

 

Bead.

 

Steam.

 

Day fire | open | flame tree upright shimmering

 

Substance is melting itself

 

Is burning like an unburning tree in full leaf

 

Each leaf a flame dropping and suspended in the tree spider web dew

 

Night, no, day, ice, no, fire

 

Articulate loud web and stem.

 

Stem.

 

Summer.

 

Summer day of fire on fire

 

Electric webs

 

There's a feeling of intense heat coming from the webs

 

From the stems, the trees,

 

| Sky lit | descending

 

Consuming

 

Visibility.

 

Consuming visibility itself.

 

A bird in free fall | flame |

 

Ice refracting ice | water | blue, green, yellow, pale yellow

 

Pink, white, absence of white

 

Pure light, pure seeing, not seeing anything

 

Driving, stop sign, casual glance right left

 

The day | still | on fire sign.