<br /><br />YOU CAN <i>HEAR</i> SEVERAL OF THESE POEMS AT http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=2217241E5367EB2A <br /><br /> <b><i><em><b>FOLDING</b></em><br /> <br /> In my evening<br /> I am folding a package<br /> of palm leaves<br /> <br /> so that in your morning<br /> you can unfold them<br /> and find the sun <br /> <br /><br /> <em>MOVING HANDS ABOVE SOMEONE BELOVED</em><br /> <br /> It is a craft<br /> we learned in that school:<br /> moving hands above someone beloved<br /> feeling the energy rise from them<br /> and (instead of letting it gather,<br /> to become either desire or movement)<br /> spreading it softly<br /> through the body-aura<br /> as combing hair<br /> spreads the oil of the skin<br /> to all of the long strands.<br /> <br /> Done right it lets the recipient<br /> sleep, but sleep<br /> refilled, untangled,<br /> and wake alive and glad -<br /> so they taught us in that school<br /> where we learned this craft.<br /><i></i></i></b> Birrell Walsh's later books of poetry and his novels are available via his website, btwreviews.com