Friday, June 30, 2006
Common Tongue
Wescott's fabulous friends Maugham Porter family
intimates relish sparking intelligent sensibility why
so isolated my coterie blown apart by sixties history
never member anything though I always wanted club
lonely exile opposite collective misery ruling Congo
Iraq Sudan Americans dashed exemplary happiness
uncommon comfort New Yorker New York Review
keep up dream wake synthesize common tongue
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Calm Day
girls in form-fitting black pussycat costumes
sporting red feather boas rush on with brooms
congratulate ourselves glockenspiel progress
calm day Columbia mouth smashing waves
civilized beings home before dark moon sliver
gleaming glow blush drawn out sweet summer
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Comic Possibilities
If language falsifies, we nevertheless indulge in its consolations and comic possibilities. (Tim Parks)
best artist of the 20th century Picasso
best writer Beckett
finished "Rabbit Is Rich" satisfied
gave "On the Black Hill" to Lora
Japanese garden Pittock Mansion
talked newspapers with Edward
long drive home five o'clock traffic
steak cherries Google Earth Queen
of the Night "We have a flower!"
Monday, June 26, 2006
White Hairs
difficult Mozart entertaining Beethoven
white hairs picnicking Reed campus lawn
women wheelchairs little boy squinting
who needs it so loud high-powered this
modern professional market quality
difficult board decision is it me who
thinks this is against the rules or who
we would take care of our own lovingly
generous the money is there corporate
considerations make me stingy strict
break loose of this arbitrary difficult
thinking feeling passing on remember
George Obern special friend humorous
warm gone on ahead best of partners
detailed constant relished adventure
Sunday, June 25, 2006
Quiet Music
glimpses of what our lives have lost
not good enough world burning up
Rogoff so dire on Brook our situation
desperate indeed history unraveling
meanwhile we are having a heat wave
stunned indifferent go slow do less
my calling private being quiet music
powerless accident genes nurture time
Saturday, June 24, 2006
Suddenly Summer
Rose Jean brought
best Alaska salmon
Hinrich made feast
sleepy afterwards
drove safely home
clear warm night
clock winding day
play finished itself
Carol risking read
fireworks popping
"Days of Heaven"
dear ones arriving
windows washed
silver polished up
harpsichord tuned
trees lawn watered
against record heat
suddenly summer
Thursday, June 22, 2006
Heroic Ideals
Guy Jackson writes from London: I've been kicking in the back doors of agents and publishers and producers, 'Let me into the lit world, you bastards!' I shout, and gotta get back to that, such a dumb struggle but for the love of art what else is there to do?
take off shoes air toes
lean back refocus eyes
far vistas aid receptors
let back relax work less
stripping floors a no-no
Andrew makes choices
Richard pursues his art
heroic ideals Linda too
keeps showing up doing
thing Norman faithful
ambitious Nancy mows
even I commit to future
embrace theatrical folly
initiative arises despite
judgment knows better
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Two Beds One
summer sprinklers cloud puffs drifting
longest day least hurry weed together
unto dusk improve front flower patch
fresh bedding guest room parentally
luxurious two beds one welcome our
offspring best meaning pure reward
"White" Kieslowski "Red" exquisite
artistry every moment shot pleasing
subtle arranged like greatest music
my own poor invention grudging
extrudes unvalued vague mature
alive like dream exhausts analysis
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Nothing Better
the historic plight now (Wescott):
"the extreme stupidity as to public
morality and government, balanced
against the extreme intelligence of
inventors and manufacturers" now
was 1945 what worse no change
dinner late stirred up machinery
breaking down we serve service
nothing better globular blotches
I was ten only summers memory
heaven lake buzz nose peeling
wonder still alive kicking denial
Monday, June 19, 2006
Extra Sheets
eyes ears teeth hips glands organs
locus fear know they'll get me if not
some sneak arbitrary crossing line
fuse blew car radio off easy this time
write tomorrow easy let days slide
doing trip planning future sleeping
stew fighting futile subtle harmony
cull extra sheets only so many beds
Sunday, June 18, 2006
Two Jobs
what enviable being father
know offspring existing
selves manifest continuity
ars breva love eternal joy
Kory three months baby
squeezes my finger smiles
mouths lapel being father
happier working two jobs
doing other things thinking
there they are unforeseen
possibilities unfolding far
makes here now credible
Saturday, June 17, 2006
Too Much
dream accompany Hinrich beautifully
yoga laundry breakfast read shower
coffee email Daniel Marya recycling
write two pages mow front side yard
lunch read nap pack dress lock up
drive coast check in dine Blackfish
walk love concert Purcell Pergolesi
Bermel Mendelssohn Mozart too
much Times puzzle one fell swoop
Friday, June 16, 2006
Swim Day
play keeps coming amazes me may work
Bloomsday swim day postprandial nap
Hinrich here work glockenspiel musics
alarming end livelihood long luxury free
walk wind creekside trees grow uneaten
Carol tractor moving manure I mow lawn
read Wescott half hammock remember
ART avoid corner seats impatient with
"Housekeeping" exaggerated brilliance
Thursday, June 15, 2006
Second Law
drive around airport sprawl imagine
life outside these little patterns inside
others beside mighty river with a boat
what would we do hang out who's
there no blond children squirm pink
green gray stripes brown no velour
recliner hobby fuss relatives descend
into world of all the same motel room
floating individual subject second law
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Serious Uglies
Netflix works interlocking systems mature
films arrive "Mysterious Skin" true painful
cunning structure impressed rewarded
learn something play "Beat Heart Skipped"
French real estate thug would be pianist
touching silliness grows up limits revenge
repelled serious uglies more wait follow
coffee John swim talk Mark Waren Cino
memory dims diverts my fresh imagine
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Pulling Thistles
Mr. Reliable returns microphones promptly
he knows my name heart warms incoherently
strawberries cherries first raspberries blueberries
reward weeding Tom crawls through fence interferes
I am crawling gloved I stand pulling thistles grass
long roots runners easily from deep wood shavings
practice Schumann read recover sit at my computer
unexpected things happen slowly takes all day
Monday, June 12, 2006
Home Free
night friend again weightless magic foam
dream Living Theatre Judith Malina eighty
my arm extending more weak but painless
day consumed errands aquatics city lunch
necessary nap no time for play immersion
snow peas pasta salad we record nuns sing
compline prayers glockenspiel Hinrich has
program fix crackles tomorrow home free
Sunday, June 11, 2006
Three Hours
full moon rise hospital hill three hours after Brooklyn
all time love blooming wildly empty fills completely
enough care chamber music gems Cascade Head fest
trusty thrill Purcell L. Couperin Bolcom Mendelssohn
Federer missing Nadal wins Rabbit redeemed lame
magic more play oozes out inspiration unrequired
Friday, June 09, 2006
Best Writing
this play wants to be written
I have plenty of stuff to say
dare fiction made up people
talk feel express behave act
expand my own limited life
skimming "Rabbit Redux" I
don't care relive that painful
confusion he must harangue
outrageous this best writing
only interested parents wife
Thursday, June 08, 2006
They Live
sky light till ten
air sweet with flowers
my favorite time of year
drawn out into the gloaming
admire waxing moon bright star
home alone again
start writing new play
idea enough last night car
define place people situation
bring them on they talk they live
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
Soon Gone
day night departure attenuated waiting
swam again thank sauna physical ground
some aches restraint hammering bolts
magic show signs almost normal again
words for Michael Harris memorializing
dad I sent made glockenspiel timeline
long carved figures mechanical whirl
watering tutorial free time soon gone
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Setting Sun
reading rest "Rabbits" never did best books
best goes down easy plenty rueful truths
splint straps off shower free tight bad smell
solid waste pools full ready go warm days
monks chant prayer sweet feminine falling
phrase lighter Europe heavy assumptions
house flowers catch light color queen of the
night shoot thwarted ceiling setting sun
Monday, June 05, 2006
Time Off
countdown to something idea out there
nothing between strawberries and a nap
repair small engines suburban lifestyle
chanting salve regina pounding drums
creaking wagon wheels barking children
writing talking wanting not to go away
engaging instrumental mind emotion
reserved movies poems tender music
unexpected associations controverted
time off same happy sad distractable
Sunday, June 04, 2006
Pitch In
don't complain pitch in weed mulch fruit trees
get strong do more you can only coast downhill
hard reawake interest Caffè Cino and all that
memoir Coffeehouse Chronicles summed it up
but I'll try Mark Warren's movie one more time
never my ideal young paranoid great love lost
later realer central children deep connection
harmony comfort sweet homes music writing
summing digging weary sooner longer sex
pacific fancy calls for effort will work for art
Saturday, June 03, 2006
Blue Ribbons
The act of presence can be learned. All of creativity, especially performance in life and art, is about sending one's inner energy in the right direction. We are energetic beings and it behooves us to learn how to move that energy around. (Jean-Claude van Itallie)
read through "Kreisleriana" Schumann mysterious
beauty love madness total breakdown weird story
write play about Schumann and Clara and Brahms
surprise party John 40 choice crowd locally hip my
guacamole debate better lose mind before body
oldest left first Carol blue ribbons slept in truck
Friday, June 02, 2006
Fish Salad
motion solo impressions fish salad "Tsotsi"
dramatic dreaming play ideas emotional
saturation tennis webpix errands here and
Portland silly movie serious play Sanchez
"Clean" strong acting came out fireworks
Sibelius Five drive home eyes tired ears
ringing reading Coetzee "Slow Man" good
Thursday, June 01, 2006
Brave Boys
America lost within my lifetime
nothing doing tennis irrelevant
brave boys challenge scrutiny
hope betrays false assumptions
ever better old thirty laughable
trajectory greater woes belied
I was the optimist smiling sure
all working out for the best
if desperately unhappy work
relations wrack broke through
what do reprieve late waste no
more time America needs help
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