Irving MacPherson: Favorites

Suspect

Apr 2022 Irving MacPherson

Frances Raeburn

Suspect

I have many many
friends
and a few of them
I suspect
are real.

Us

Apr 2022 Irving MacPherson

Frances Raeburn

Us

Let me lie in between us
so I don’t have to
become one of
us

Apr 2022 Irving MacPherson

John Edward Smallshaw

I went walking through the gallery
looking for that painting of Valerie
and all I found was one of
Mallory,
what mountains we men must climb.

Signare

Apr 2022 Irving MacPherson

Kurt Philip Behm

Signare

The part you transform
is that part you possess
The rest is pure folly
—petals scattered to the wind

(Dreamsleep: April, 2022)

Being

Apr 2022 Irving MacPherson

John Edward Smallshaw

Being

We become the sunset we're seeing
and when we take that step to the other side
we become again as we watch a new sunrise.