Audio of: Out of a Drip a Whole World…
Posted in POEMS on June 21, 2007 | No Comments »
out-of-a-drip.mp3
Posted in POEMS on June 21, 2007 | No Comments »
out-of-a-drip.mp3
Posted in POEMS on June 21, 2007 | 2 Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in POEMS on June 14, 2007 | No Comments »
AUDIO: O Sharp Wind
Posted in POEMS on June 14, 2007 | 3 Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in POEMS on June 3, 2007 | 2 Comments »
if-we-felt-the-earth.mp3
(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 [...]
Posted in POEMS on June 3, 2007 | No Comments »
Posted in POEMS on June 3, 2007 | No Comments »
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 [...]