christine \ shan shan hou

 

 

 

 

Spring

Fists unclench rare worlds
The resting heads of elders
Sucking rocks and ferns

 

 

Cleanse

Interior mouth
kingdom, accumulation
tastes of lemon trees

 

 

Pelvis

Between your legs a
fruit bowl suggests the future
uninhabited

 

 

Rural Pleasures

Thin green ribbons tied
around gnarled tree trunks, young tongues
licking village winds

 

 

Pause

Inside a city
there will always be spaces
to breathe in between

 

 

Premonition

Pink saint harbinger
Ornamental galaxies
Devour dynasties

 

 

Baby Geometry

Flat bottomless tree
swallows everything in sight
Indigestibles!

 

 

To Do

Make toast for a tree
Sleep one thousand years, delay
gratification

 

 

SAD

Autumn leaves stagger
amongst midnight, weeping trees
sleep unevenly

 

 

 

 

Christine Shan Shan Hou is a poet and artist based in Brooklyn, NY. Publications include Community Garden for Lonely Girls (Gramma Poetry 2017) and "I'm Sunlight" (The Song Cave 2016).
christinehou.com