‘Hanging from a silver chain 
     The tooth of a yeti 
     The tooth of a dream 
The flame of a candle 
     The flame of the stars 
     The voice of infinite night 
The moon in a corner 
     The sky of a thought 
     The words of a promise 
Crashing into a red rock canyon 
     The minotaur and the dinosaur 
     After too many wars
Crop circles in a wheat field 
     Pranksters, Druids or aliens?
     A ritual in blue flame 
The crash of a civilization 
     Just a few years 
     After forgetting its dreams.  

After forgetting its dreams
     Just a few years 
     The crash of a civilization 
A ritual in blue flame 
     Pranksters, Druids or aliens?
     Crop circles in a wheat field 
After too many wars
     The minotaur and the dinosaur 
     Crashing into a red rock canyon 
The words of a promise 
     The sky of a thought 
     The moon in a corner 
The voice of infinite night 
     The flame of the stars 
     The flame of a candle 
The tooth of a dream 
     The tooth of a yeti 
     Hanging from a silver chain.  
 

Diane Frank teaches at San Francisco State and is author of seven books of poems and two novels Her photo memoir, Letters from a Sacred Mountain Place: A Journey through the Nepal Himalayas (Nirala Press) contains stories, poems and 53 color photographs.