The Labyrinth in the Garden
By Pat Tompkins, San Mateo, CA
2010 Grand Prize Winner
The passageway laid out is not a maze
This one-way path marked by stones
Hairpin curves force you to take it slow
This one-way path marked by stones
Designed for walking meditation
Hairpin curves force you to take it slow
No sound but footsteps on the ground
Designed for walking meditation
The plan is regular—a sundial or clock
No sound but footsteps on the ground
This is the one right way made manifest
The plan is regular—a sundial or clock
A steady pace takes you around its face
Is this the one right way made manifest?
An embodiment of longer journeys
A steady pace takes you around its face
Enfolded circling stranded with a central goal
An embodiment of longer journeys
The passageway is laid out to amaze
(“Labyrinth” originally appeared in Thelma,
a print magazine, Autumn 2007)
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