There is a motionless tree
There is a motionless tree
there is another that moves forward
a river of trees
pounds at my chest
The green swell
of good fortune
You are dressed in red
you are
the seal of the burning year
carnal firebrand
star of fruit
I eat the sun in you
The hour rests
on a chasm of clarities
The birds are a handful of shadows
their beaks build the night
their wings sustain the day
Rooted at the light's peak
between stability and vertigo
you are
the diaphanous balance.
Commentary
Can’t really do analysis but:
What I really love about Paz is the breathless dizziness of his writing - the way images seem to break from the poem like sudden birds of feeling from lines tangled like branches, and the way a single line can draw you in, involve you leave you with this terrible longing to hold on to something you never quite had. I picked this particular poem ‘cos I think it’s a good example, but really, there’s so much in Paz that is this brilliant.
— Aseem Kaul