Note: Ti Kuan Yin, Guanyin, or Iron Goddess of Mercy, is one of the most prized oolong teas. This poem is a Fibonacci sonnet with ostensible mathematical references to the Argand Diagram and Huygens's Principle of Diffraction.
"To the Iron Goddess of Mercy" was first published in Frostwriting, Issue 12, 2014 and in my award-winning book The Frangible Hour (University of Evansville Press, 2016).
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To the Iron Goddess of Mercy
light
ze-
roes on
the table
its wavelets bending
falling crest over trough into
the imaginary axis of reality
as I take my Krazy-Glued teacup out of hiding
may the kettle whistle softly
may the day stay calm
may comets
swirl in
the
leaves
