Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Malady of the Squint-eyed Kid


Whatever has come over me?
My thinking’s cloudy, I cannot see—

On second thoughts, no use to think,
No use to see

Whatever it is,
It must be me. 


Sunday, May 6, 2012

One More Transient Thought for the Day


When the watchdog you keep mindfully
On a leash keeps on barking 

In the dead of night, be on the lookout 
For strays out looking 
 
For somewhere to bed down,
And not just for the night. 


Friday, May 4, 2012

Startled by the Unimaginable


To understand how sunstruck 

Swallows resemble angels 
Of the morning, 

One only has to imagine two 
Of them flying through two 

Different windows, hovering 
Together over a double 

Bed before darting out, each 
Through a different window— 

See how easy that was? 


Thursday, May 3, 2012

Conrad DiDiodato's Bridget Bird and Other Poems



 










Recently arrived:  All the way from Canada—with lots of wonderful poems tucked under her wings—a sprightly little creature named Bridget! If prospective readers want some idea of the cargo she’s carrying, all they have to do is read what Katherine L. Gordon says about it on the book’s back cover and then wing themselves to the nearest bookstore and--I'll give them six seconds to sing--buy it! 

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Aporia


When I’m beside myself, 
The last thing I want 
 
To think about is why 
That person beside me looks lonely. 
 
 


Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Wind Chimes


recounting 

Cid’s windbell 
tattle— 
telling 
nothing 
nothing 

but still telling 


Monday, April 30, 2012

Oldtimer


Leave me as I am, my child— 
Still holding on 

Like a raindrop on a limb. 


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