DAY TEN:
Under the heading -
REMORSE
Why do things need to be good or bad?
I guess we'd all stutter and slur
and life would buzz by in a blur
if we couldn't hold sight
of the wrong and the right
and just let the
whole damn thing
occur.
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Friday, June 15, 2012
DAY EIGHT:
There are the yawning big questions of life - and then there is the everyday -
This one is particularly appropriate for today.
Under the heading -
AGE
Fridays
One should never feel too
bad to be human.
At the end of the week
the shirts come back ironed and neat.
And betwixt my despair
that God really care,
I'm expecting a shipment of meat.
On Fridays lamb curry is sweet.
There are the yawning big questions of life - and then there is the everyday -
This one is particularly appropriate for today.
Under the heading -
AGE
Fridays
One should never feel too
bad to be human.
At the end of the week
the shirts come back ironed and neat.
And betwixt my despair
that God really care,
I'm expecting a shipment of meat.
On Fridays lamb curry is sweet.
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
DAY FIVE:
Most of my poems are written in the early morning upon awakening while the dream state still lingers.
This poem rolled easily from my groggy mind onto my notebook.
Under the heading -
SLEEP
Night dreams melt into the daylight
The fractious glare of indifference
Sends then sinking to the shelter
Of the unconscious
Warden of pain
Most of my poems are written in the early morning upon awakening while the dream state still lingers.
This poem rolled easily from my groggy mind onto my notebook.
Under the heading -
SLEEP
Night dreams melt into the daylight
The fractious glare of indifference
Sends then sinking to the shelter
Of the unconscious
Warden of pain
Monday, June 11, 2012
DAY FOUR:
I somehow can't resist the splay of an open flower especially the big lilies. I just have to stick my nose in it. I also have to place my hand on the bark on a tree trunk once in a while and those statues in museums that are clearly marked "Do Not Touch" . . . well you just know I have to sneak in a quick, dare I say "feel". Cool stone. I love it.
And so, under the heading -
+ PLAY
I like to pick flowers
I like to pick them
and bury my nose in their
cups
and feel the crepe
soft tissue
of their skins
arouse a line
about my cheek -
like a a self-portrait
they draw
with an accent of pollen
insouciantly
dappled upon my nose
that I shall find later in wonder
and laugh to with the others who find me
salted so tasty
I somehow can't resist the splay of an open flower especially the big lilies. I just have to stick my nose in it. I also have to place my hand on the bark on a tree trunk once in a while and those statues in museums that are clearly marked "Do Not Touch" . . . well you just know I have to sneak in a quick, dare I say "feel". Cool stone. I love it.
And so, under the heading -
+ PLAY
I like to pick flowers
I like to pick them
and bury my nose in their
cups
and feel the crepe
soft tissue
of their skins
arouse a line
about my cheek -
like a a self-portrait
they draw
with an accent of pollen
insouciantly
dappled upon my nose
that I shall find later in wonder
and laugh to with the others who find me
salted so tasty
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Saturday, June 9, 2012
DAY TWO:
Several years ago I lived in New York City on the twelfth floor in a great old pre war building on Fifth and 102nd Street. From the north side bedroom window I could see the train that had just emerged out of the 96th Street exit from the underground. It looked surreal as I imagined the (from where I sat) very tiny commuters traveling along, oblivious to my viewing them in this very amusing perspective.
Under the heading:
NEW YORK CITY
My Apartment Window
From up here I can see the train rumble on to
Connecticut
so small I could put it up between
my thumb and forefinger and
place it on the
rug in the living room and
watch it travel round and round
and never get to New Haven
on time.
Several years ago I lived in New York City on the twelfth floor in a great old pre war building on Fifth and 102nd Street. From the north side bedroom window I could see the train that had just emerged out of the 96th Street exit from the underground. It looked surreal as I imagined the (from where I sat) very tiny commuters traveling along, oblivious to my viewing them in this very amusing perspective.
Under the heading:
NEW YORK CITY
My Apartment Window
From up here I can see the train rumble on to
Connecticut
so small I could put it up between
my thumb and forefinger and
place it on the
rug in the living room and
watch it travel round and round
and never get to New Haven
on time.
Friday, June 8, 2012
Every day for the next ten days I will be posting a poem from What in This World with a few words about how or why this poem came to me. I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I enjoyed writing them.
DAY ONE:
Do you ever look out at the bottomless bounty and beauty of the world and feel an ache because it is so terribly impossible to embrace and fully experience it all? Does it ever paralyze you?
That is a feeling I so often have and so . . . under the heading -
MYSTERY
Fruits of life befuddle me
dazzle me wanting
Too many gifts on the tree
twirl and sting
And hang me up like bunting
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