Poetic endeavors can be tricky. They can point to a deep reality or they can be like a tangle of vines obscuring the light. Here are some of my offerings.
Monday, October 8, 2012
Two Haiku from August 27, 2011
Late afternoon sun
The mat's shadow falls westward
Eastern trees reflect
Hummingbird visits.
Red-bodied dragonfly rests.
Butterfly wings close.
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Will I Never
When
will I grate all the cheese before the mold sets in?
before the old gets in?
When
will I use all the coupons before they expire?
before their appeal
tires?
When
will I do all the work before it starts to pile?
before it raises my bile ?
When
will I put all the photos in albums before the kids grow up?
before the
memories slow up?
The
answer is never
because,
just as ever,
time
will not slacken or sicken
its
downhill pace ever quickens
All
I can do for the how
is
to live in the now.
universe
Rob and I have been asked to be the featured speakers at the Mudpuppy's next Beat Night on September 29th. Rob has a much larger collection of original works than I do, so I will publish here the poems I will be including that night.
I
am the universe
engendered
as a woman
for your convenience.
I
was there
in
that perfect oneness of all stuff
before
the cosmic explosion put light years between us.
We
are still one;
subatomic
particles in unpredictable cloud orbit
around
the nucleus
the unseen force
holding us
tethering us
together.
Every
bit
the
same
as
every other bit
Energy
is just matter moving really, really, really fast.
Matter
is just energy on a bad day.
If
there is no distinction
between
where I end and you begin,
then
it was all there in the Calvin Klein Commercial
not so much in the Radiohead lyrics.
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