from constant change figures
By Lyn Hejinian
constant change figures
the time we sense
passing on its effect
surpassing things we've known before
since memory
of many things is called
experience
but what of what
we call nature's picture
surpassing things we call
since memory
we call nature's picture
surpassing things we've known before
constant change figures
experience
passing on its effect
but what of what
constant change figures
since memory
of many things is called
the time we sense
called nature's picture
but what of what
in the time we sense
surpassing things we've known before
passing on its effect
is experience
Notes:
Originally published in Bay Poetics, edited by Stephanie Young. Faux Press: Cambridge, MA, 2006.
Lyn Hejinian, "Constant change figures" from Bay Poetics, 2006. Copyright 2006 by Lyn Hejinian. Used with permission of author.
Source: Bay Poetics (Poetry Foundation, 2006)