The radio sends smooth waves
while the listener drifts to sleep
may be one more song
and then I can pull the plug
While the brain drifts to sleep
The hand that can pull the plug
waits for a discordant song
Net Galley Challenge
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Sunday, May 16, 2010
What kids see
At a grocery store, I set the milk gallons on the ground, waiting for the conveyor belt to roll forward and bring up space from the bottom. A kid of four or so, lifts the gallon saying thats easy. I admired his strength. He then found a toy baseball and threw it. It landed on the belt. He had many questions for the cashier. when the belt was free, he was going to help me lift the gallons on to the belt. As he moved ahead, he asked me to check if there was another baseball from where he had picked the previous one. His eyes couldnt reach it, but the mischievous must feel the presence of a green lit button on everything.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Carrying the tree
Right after a workout
the world looks new
A tree overlooking the road
now framed by jacaranda trees
with flowers and no leaves
On my way to work
I pick the
clumps of flowers - unwilted
green stems like lines
to keep the color with me
throughout the day
the world looks new
A tree overlooking the road
now framed by jacaranda trees
with flowers and no leaves
On my way to work
I pick the
clumps of flowers - unwilted
green stems like lines
to keep the color with me
throughout the day
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Avian Gardener
A lantana surrounds
a plant with leaves
triangular
like a betel leaf
Above by the
side is a
bird house
with different seeds
farmer of the spilt
a plant with leaves
triangular
like a betel leaf
Above by the
side is a
bird house
with different seeds
farmer of the spilt
Display
A baby squirrel
beat its tail
as long as itself
over its back
a threat display
A mockingbird
lands onto the grass
picking a grain or worm
in the wet
A cat still young
to know its tail as its own
was all stealth
with hidden movement
in its hind legs
The bird then hung
around for a while
on an arch
a lamp
a rooftop
beat its tail
as long as itself
over its back
a threat display
A mockingbird
lands onto the grass
picking a grain or worm
in the wet
A cat still young
to know its tail as its own
was all stealth
with hidden movement
in its hind legs
The bird then hung
around for a while
on an arch
a lamp
a rooftop
Pregnant
still early
massage said the nurses
lying on the table
I felt cuts into
hard calves
pumice over dead skin
massage said the nurses
lying on the table
I felt cuts into
hard calves
pumice over dead skin
Monday, May 10, 2010
Thursday, May 6, 2010
In the days
when playing with
dirt was fun
You hide a small stick
in a clump of sand and
shape it like a small
long bank.
Your friend marks the
place where the stick
might be with joined
hands on the ground
If you find the
stick in the unmarked
area you win
dirt was fun
You hide a small stick
in a clump of sand and
shape it like a small
long bank.
Your friend marks the
place where the stick
might be with joined
hands on the ground
If you find the
stick in the unmarked
area you win
Saturday, May 1, 2010
A bird is a color
Dark Goldenrod with black spots
Two birds with opposite pigments
small Owls
I regard them,
they fling a
one and half insect
I let the memorabilia crawl
I regard a baby
her shriek talk
her palm tight softness
she shies her head around
Two birds with opposite pigments
small Owls
I regard them,
they fling a
one and half insect
I let the memorabilia crawl
I regard a baby
her shriek talk
her palm tight softness
she shies her head around
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Night's voice
Does the night sing
like a bird awake
or stars twinkle loud
do the crickets lend
their chatter or is
it their drone, snore?
In this monophony,
the bear watchful
of a handful kid
is always silent
like a bird awake
or stars twinkle loud
do the crickets lend
their chatter or is
it their drone, snore?
In this monophony,
the bear watchful
of a handful kid
is always silent
Preserving mould
A finsihed form
vs the flutes and
folds of a hanging cloth
Why are the edges and
walls polished
smooth, perfect
parallel, perpendicular
A prickly pear
next to a
grass bush
vs the flutes and
folds of a hanging cloth
Why are the edges and
walls polished
smooth, perfect
parallel, perpendicular
A prickly pear
next to a
grass bush
Memory
is a mischance
of steps traced back
to spot the hawk like
bird at the edge
of a tangle of walls
from the l b h sides
All the times you
stop by
the flower,
the ants,
for the time they deserve
they stay on
their stalks,
their mounds
forever.
of steps traced back
to spot the hawk like
bird at the edge
of a tangle of walls
from the l b h sides
All the times you
stop by
the flower,
the ants,
for the time they deserve
they stay on
their stalks,
their mounds
forever.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Chaski
Each journey
A relay with your
twins or triplets
till you meet the next
who can see what
you are about to see
and close to what
he is about to see
Chaski from pg 19, Forest primeval to park Avenue, The Routes of Man, Ted Conover
A relay with your
twins or triplets
till you meet the next
who can see what
you are about to see
and close to what
he is about to see
Chaski from pg 19, Forest primeval to park Avenue, The Routes of Man, Ted Conover
Sunday, March 21, 2010
The Good of Culture
Cross Kneed
To alleviate pain
Unfurl
only to cross at shins
Why cross?
The good unknown to us
like an appendix
If time is the teacher
why lament on generation
To alleviate pain
Unfurl
only to cross at shins
Why cross?
The good unknown to us
like an appendix
If time is the teacher
why lament on generation
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