[Sophia Hughes]

Circumscribing circle

One moon in orbit

Circles this globe.

Sun is sometimes obscured.

Other distant orbits traverse our latitudes.

Focus down to a ceremonial circle on Naxos

Cosmos, stemming, compasses a low describing wall,

over years, in slow motion

as earth turns and tree rings form.

A dervish spins.

Nearby, belly encircles a tiny head

Pot, dipper, plate and tumbler offer food

Two lapis discs half submerge in milk

Pilgrims circumambulate.

Monks envision mandalas.

Quakers sit in silent circles.

Dreamers dream.

O, oh! Oh!, uroboros, ohm, omega……to zero.

Still, we seek the square.