Brother and sisters
playing on the green
near a swing, a mutt
eats grass, a mother
chats with her neighbor,
sun sets in pink-clouded
streams, birds come
home to nests in trees
and the corner guard
makes his rounds.
Evening, Surco, Lima
recalling Blake’s
Laughing Song, his
Ecchoing Green.
Indran Amirthanayagam, February 16, 2013