for the down-
trodden sluggish earth-
bound masses
that said,
his lunatic majesty left
a heavenly trail
of salubrious saliva.
new old kid on the blog, with an occasional old or new poem written off the old writer's block
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Stonewalled: The Poet As Culprit
--for Joe Hutchison, master sleuth
For years, I’d been trying
To trace the poem’s origins
And had come up against a blank
Wall every time: Where
Had I seen it before?
.
It must have been somewhere
In the recesses of what passes
Plausibly as my mind but the more
I looked, the less I saw
Until I saw nothing and then
I saw there was no need
Of any further investigation—
I had stolen the poem
From myself.
For years, I’d been trying
To trace the poem’s origins
And had come up against a blank
Wall every time: Where
Had I seen it before?
.
It must have been somewhere
In the recesses of what passes
Plausibly as my mind but the more
I looked, the less I saw
Until I saw nothing and then
I saw there was no need
Of any further investigation—
I had stolen the poem
From myself.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Window on a World
The linked title above will take you down a narrow, cobblestone street where you will witness an old woman looking down at the poet as he passes below her window. This is familiar territory for some of you, as the photograph of the old woman and the poem were the subjects of previous blog posts; however, you will now have the chance to follow the poet as he reconstructs how the poem was written.
Sunday, June 27, 2010
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