Diane Dehler...The Lotus

In a sea of white anemones and Leopard...

Poems by Diane Dehler

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Diane Dehler is an American poet known for her

postmodern lyricism who has been nominated

for a Pushcart Award 2014. 

In a sea of white anemones

I was swimming in a sea
of white anemones,

Whose ivory foam surrounded
me with the tenderness-
gentle hours of a lover.

The frothing ivory interior
of the flower was a white eye.

A perception from which
arose Aphrodite awakening
from the perfume of Alegria.

Leopard

rises straight high
a spirit wind, winged
beast awakened
instinct.

Poised on a cliff’s
steep jutting edge
with sharp claws
as pink as dawn.

Embodied writing, the
pale of me and your
molten leopard flesh.
Hot breath of all desire
splattered with pattern

Of wild rosettes.
A stealthy approach
sly leopard licks salt
of my flesh, feeding

On my sheer wild
nakedness — bleeding
creation all over me.
Solitude of a leopard
joins passion.

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Diane Dehler...The Lotus

Diane Dehler...The Lotus

Diane Dehler...The Lotus

consolation in the words of Tagore, said Princess Haiku

Death is not extinguishing the light; it is putting out the lamp because dawn has come.

--Rabindranath Tagore

Rumi read by Coleman Barks

Diane Dehler...The Lotus

Diane Dehler...The Lotus Mandala

excerpt of a poem from a season of rain..


What is left of the flower
reaches to the dark
mouth of the rain.
Kisses eternity as petals
shredded become eternal.

Rumi and the Play of Poetry

a twin self said, Princess Haiku

The Lotus, by Diane Dehler