Audio of: Out of a Drip a Whole World…

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Poem: Out of a Drip a Whole World

OUT OF A DRIP A WHOLE WORLD
Out of a drip a whole world comes floating into view
like creatures in an aquarium the
glare of the glass blinding us gargantuan and
minute things crawl through the water
whole islands of life ringed by coral reefs and atolls
from a tiny drop no bigger than the tear that’s
sliding from your eyes [...]

Audio: O Sharp Wind

AUDIO: O Sharp Wind

Poem: O SHARP WIND

O SHARP WIND
O sharp wind
(turning corners ruffling hair)
you’ve traveled from so far to get here
whipped water into waves enhancing the
work of the deep machinery of churning currents
blown coats equally of diplomats and dipsomaniacs
sculpted the outlines of elephants and ants (who miraculously
hold to the ground till you pass)
your invisible gunshots blowing holes and flinging debris
loosening roofs [...]

POEM (&MP3): If We Felt the Earth Turn Under Us

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(photo:http://www.samuelwooten.com)
IF WE FELT THE EARTH MOVE UNDER US

If we felt the earth move under us
in its flow
wherever it goes
If we sometimes almost had to hold on
as the globe turned
and could sense its revolutions its fleet
swiftness round its axis and even
forward through space as well
riding it
as we walked to the corner grocery or
crossed a street [...]

Video: 2 poems from The Music Space

2 Poems from The Music Space

A VERY PRETTY SYMPHONY
A very pretty symphony played on only the
blue notes
watery streams in between
with enough grandeur to go around and for
everyone to walk around in comfortably
encapsulating and even embodying
the sound that grows between the
grassblades in that furtive vertical space where
bison herds have disappeared between the
greenest sheathes and
angels’ faces flash and fade
but float forward [...]