Tuesday, September 18, 2012

poems names themselves after speaking

       Fly fishing the river of time

              Wildlife -
                 imaginative sparks abound in telecaster 
                 hair,
                      boyhood, birds...
               stand on frills.
                      
                    I am an old man now,   a soul,
                  a young poet of 22,
                  my poems come from the world i see,
                  & we share.

               there are old things in places,
            mixed in with the birth of new ages 
            & technological upheavals 
                                           that
                                              uproot
                 the past like a monied frenzied land lord
             with a building full of poor artist tenants
            who are the wood, brick,
                      & stone in water.

             "but that building has the best views of the city"
        - remarks Air of Constancy.

           his paintbrush comes to life, breathing in
           coastal mornings dim flutters of fog & light play,
           horse hairs bounding in
                 strides of colour,
         - the gallops of once.

           there is a licking of the lips,
         a peacefully possessed wink,
     & a thick swallow -

       " that is where the coyote meets
  the man with the raven on his shoulder"

             said old bark
             to new yap.

        you are easily florid,
     an Olympian aesthete

      of early morning,
      late evening,

           shivering & sweat.


- Curb Appeal 
               

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