Libby Hart

Dakini After sleet, two rainbows call to the frigid air.All afternoon I have walked these glens in your presenceand seen how you can leap among the planes,their white-lined voyage slanting your straggle—your double-breath of spirit, its skyspeak of mist. Note: A dakini is a sky spirit of Tibetan Buddhism—literally, sky or space goer.Dakini are often said to make their appearance as rainbows. Libby Hart is the author of two books of poetry: Fresh News from the Arctic, which won the Anne Elder Award and was shortlisted for the Mary Gilmore Prize; and This Floating World, which was shortlisted for the Victorian Premier’s Awards and the Age Book of the Year Awards, and longlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards. She resides in Melbourne, Australia. (libbyhartfile.blogspot.com)