Diminished Galleries
too old for
vision I must
settle for dreams
specific forms
of cloud
(body surrounded by
body)
every sensation con-
ceals a dream
fresco
figurine
sculpture in
low relief
(a motor halo a
mental blue)
cleft in the
logical space
(wilderness or
wrack)
we have lived
on a ladder to
the window of a
room to which
the key is lost
(words lost
in the music)
Copyright Credit: Keith Waldrop, "Diminished Galleries" from Selected Poems. Copyright © 2016 by Keith Waldrop. Reprinted by permission of Omnidawn Publishing.
Source: Selected Poems (Omnidawn Publishing, 2016)