Net Galley Challenge
Sunday, February 7, 2010
To be made
poetry that attempts to become responsible for all a poet knows about himself and his world - Clayton Eshelman
Friday, January 22, 2010
Tool use
The first I heard of it
by an animal is a story
in which a thirsty crow
makes the water level
in a pot rise by
dropping gravel into it.
One optimistic crow
that will always
find the half filled
glass full
As I watch a congo
chimpanzee pound a bee hive
I wonder how it can hold the
stick in its sole
wrapping around it like that
leg of its were a third hand
free to do the holding while
its arms support its weight
on the tree
like our hands free to hold
the cellphone while
still walking
Friday, December 18, 2009
I love the singers who ask
whos gonna save my soul now
who will comfort me
what about now
from an after shudder
sitting on the wreck
they just escaped
Now comes with the know of
cessation of a soul damned
and an unanointed vuln
Now sing on with a heart of
sand and silt
who will comfort me
what about now
from an after shudder
sitting on the wreck
they just escaped
Now comes with the know of
cessation of a soul damned
and an unanointed vuln
Now sing on with a heart of
sand and silt
Web of words
Now I learn how an archaelogist
is different from geologist
The tectonic plates are the
builders like the architects
is different from geologist
The tectonic plates are the
builders like the architects
Monday, December 7, 2009
Cuter than ever
A white cat is lying still
posing sleep
Hard to find cats lying still
with a bottle next to them
and a tell-tale patch
of piss or booze on the ground
no movement of the heart
no ripple in the whole body
Did the monster cat hater get him
but no signs of such
which grose the paper on which
his 'Most Wanted' was printed
posing sleep
Hard to find cats lying still
with a bottle next to them
and a tell-tale patch
of piss or booze on the ground
no movement of the heart
no ripple in the whole body
Did the monster cat hater get him
but no signs of such
which grose the paper on which
his 'Most Wanted' was printed
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Scare Cat
I am the hungry cat
who first mews
enough till fed
I chivvy you for
more milk until
you hide in
fear.
who first mews
enough till fed
I chivvy you for
more milk until
you hide in
fear.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Springbok
With a white mask for a face
the dark brown stripe
a shadow below the
hard brown skeleton
the soft white belly
slid in from under
like the work of a
taxidermist distorted.
the dark brown stripe
a shadow below the
hard brown skeleton
the soft white belly
slid in from under
like the work of a
taxidermist distorted.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Tsessebe
Mothers hold babies
in their arms
prodding their gaze
towards the camera
bellies covered
in clothes
only faces show
satiated or not
Mary and Infant Jesus.
in their arms
prodding their gaze
towards the camera
bellies covered
in clothes
only faces show
satiated or not
Mary and Infant Jesus.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Half knowledge is dangerous
Knowledge
Route A (right)
and B (on left)
form a loop
Intended Route
go on A and dont take B (at the beginning)
turn back after the peak
Half knowledge
Dont take B
Detour
when half knowledge
is deployed
each step away
from the destination
The Beginning.
Route A (right)
and B (on left)
form a loop
Intended Route
go on A and dont take B (at the beginning)
turn back after the peak
Half knowledge
Dont take B
Detour
when half knowledge
is deployed
each step away
from the destination
The Beginning.
Whereways
Early in the morning
as the male black
cat with white feet
and a female cat
belonging to him
hurry down
so does the hiker
as the male black
cat with white feet
and a female cat
belonging to him
hurry down
so does the hiker
A pair of strangers
If I could rise
as high as the lamp
post I could tell
what the bird with
white underbelly
and light sandstone
feathers was
If some go far
some go high
to elude you
In sight
out of reach
as high as the lamp
post I could tell
what the bird with
white underbelly
and light sandstone
feathers was
If some go far
some go high
to elude you
In sight
out of reach
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