Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
April 27, 2026

White Lamp Lights

John Swain lives in Le Perreux-sur-Marne, France. His most recent chapbook, "The Daymark," was published by Origami Poems Project.

White Lamp Lights

You brooklet silver water
beside night trees
on the lavender mountain,
the moon fades into your veil
like a white lamp
lights behind the pearl sky,
you fill a crystal vial
with scented oil
to infuse a paper flower,
you ornament the source,
you release the still voice
into our mouths
like a globed scroll,
you measure towers of air,
the perfume of smoke is illusion,
the amethyst canticle is your kiss.







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