John L. Platt
INSIDE OUT REFRAIN
Savor the sugar in the lemon
and the fragrance of roses in skid-row alleys.
See the meaning in the spaces that separate words,
listen to the dip between waves.
Touch the skin of air.
The mind moves ahead,
the heart catches up.
Hearts move ahead, minds catch up.
The circle circles.
Falling leaves cover grave stones,
graves feed the trees.
Savor the sugar in the lemon
and the fragrance of roses in skid-row alleys.
See the meaning in the spaces that separate words,
listen to the dip between waves.
Touch the skin of air.
Copyright 2000, John L. Platt
John Platt is an award-winning poet who has been writing for 50 years.
He is currently a member of the Seattle Live Poets Society and instructor
of the Northshore Senior Center poetry class. His work has appeared in
many publications, including the Beloit Poetry Journal, Ravens Mask,
Puget Soundings, Poet Magazine, Piedmont Literary Review, Mobius, Orphic
Lute, the anthology Cascade Cuneiform (Tilted Moon Press, 1994),
and Switched-on Gutenberg.
Switched-on Gutenberg/Vol. 4, No. 2
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