The Jewel Garden

By Uncle Chuck

An elegant and dream-like collection of poetry which takes inspiration from Japanese haiku masters and American Transcendentalists. Experience mountain peaks and mysterious visions. Experience the divine beauty that surrounds us every day.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Guava Tree Publishing
• Release date: Jun 28, 2022
• ISBN: 9798986409221

Book preview

Emerald Leaves

1. 

old interfaces, snow-crowned, growing & crumbling

a triple line where humanity, mountain, & sky

touch

& do not touch

are 1

& are 10,000

2.

10,000 emerald leaves

like emerald leaflets

on the inevitability 

of autumn

3.

The aftertaste of bergamot,

gently,

cloud-like

passes away

4.

Prairie flowers.

The plains grew bison

with blades of grass

5.

Those striking points like incursions

–– icy diadem ––

look like they could pop the firmament

& let all the waters flow out over themselves

& enjoy a bath

6.

dog patterns around blocks

constantly, simultaneously

a single pattern/system like eddies along fjords

wagging tails, leashes, legs dilated across time become

like the frothy-water inner edge of the eddy

7. 

at night the cities mimic the stars,

scattered lights in the dark

flat flattery

8.

These creatures, like islands, cannot rest,

cannot help but drift,

bump into each other,

love,

make little atolls

9.

Evergreen is a misnomer,

just like every ever is.

The needles fall,

become yellow,

become soil,

forever

10. 

Owls ask important questions

in 10,000 intonations

expecting answers

11.

Cyclicalities:

fluid through our pipes,

through us,

through our pipes;

life;

destruction;

the little glass tray in the microwave

12.

sky, tree, soil:

tri-fold, unitary

the tree a stubborn interface between:

dualism Mantle-Stratosphere

13.

the clinks of gutter cans

syncopate

breezes & birdsong

14.

ruby-sandstone turrets

Rocky, cloud-skirted pinnacles

wide snowflakes & shifting window light

15.

the day undergoes its metamorphosis

binary Lamplight flicks to 1

there is a magic you