‘All true living is meeting.’


But we
Safe in our old games of
possession
    power
       need

Terrified
Of exposure
Of risking
The shattering awe-full
Brilliance of connection
Hide behind trivia
Erect monuments to superficiality
Take out insurance against meeting


Jan Lawson
From Meeting and Not Meeting 1996
(available from this web site)

This poem introduces Part A of a book in progress. The articles which follow take up the poem’s themes.