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  Anne Tall was born in Scotland. She was founder and editor of Northlight Poetry Review and the Galdragon Press, where she is printer and publisher. She has published widely in magazines and anthologies. She lives in Glasgow.


 

 

 XOCHIPILLI, Lord of Souls

When he comes
it is rain in the desert,
slaked thirst

a shimmer
blue-feathered
flying the loneliness of bones

petals of light
unfolding
within the darkness of flesh

seed of the spirit, full grown

It is for this he comes:
feather
seed
flower

soul 

Copyright © Anne Tall 1998/2001