Sunday, September 30, 2007
Late Raspberries
writing letters ironing better than "Ethan
Frome" late raspberries tomatoes burst
in the rain farewell Faustino homeward
after eighteen years friends gathered to
appreciate his solid honesty tells truth
mole might be hotter our beautiful farm
his work fencing weeding moving hay so
much to do how can the day be empty
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Another Planet
feverish digging fervent singing image
elsewhere another planet universe be-
long path leads here date Silver Grille
Stewart Park really exists whether we
want to go or not we choose together
artichoke shrimps then crème brulée
next slot Brush Creek a year away I
don't fit anyway care do something
one more beginner minds his merit
Friday, September 28, 2007
Special Water
revert to saved
analyze syntax
theatrical panic
nails full moon
scandalous roof
provokes a raid
deserved or not
Ms. Bossy frank
razor moodwise
special feel feet
drily telephone
disputed warm
time for stoves
is that enough
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Being Brave
what follows another language ways
ages long-distance travel being brave
(Tobias Schneebaum) what else doing
laundry dishes shopping housework
accounts correspondence magazines
shall I go on Friday's trash Saturdays
recycling Tuesday Thursday I swim
interminable meeting all procedure
prompts consoling broadside that
will do others who may demand less
understand cliché depend on critics
word views absorbable with drawn
quarters butter faces no longer mine
to judge no better than single stone
Familiar Rewards
continuity reaffirmed artistic domestic
tasks pile up provoke future diligence
squirming replaying Susan eventually
dreaming wallet stolen bad scenarios
meanwhile my own chair favorite latte
free sunshine full moon promised rain
cyclic paperwork personal attributes
obligatory pleasures familiar rewards
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Can Do
every minute fun is that too much to ask
landscapes amaze tenth time only drive
hoping home then something else begins
rereading "Nausea" turning point on train
New York New Haven eighteen first ballet
vodka blur vibration stirring reading alone
better than remember before philosophy
said "three o'clock is always too late or
too early for anything you want to do"
remark not literature by itself invites
riposte equally witty including being
happy can do gleeful funny fun to try
Monday, September 24, 2007
Real Pain
Marceau's exquisitely corny art stilled
time was we had time for mime decide
plan moment come just go go forward
try another medium rare even now do
anything it takes blows money neglect
stubbornly redefied tyranny real pain
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Memorial Crosses
Dennis Kucinich holding hands calm wife
strolling photo op beach memorial crosses
speaks for peace rule of law social justice
Sakana threatens Arigato so great Alfred
open warmest affection think another best
time Bicky duets many dinners open house
no sorrow going anticipation transformed
remembrance via incandescent moments
rehearsed repeated each time immediate
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Instant Unity
too soon to say moving on a
fond farewell thanks Laurel
feeling mutual says everything
as well as we can know each
other music instant unity no
common ground needing talk
medium negotiate cooperate
space color rhythm real breath
play of characters interacting
like life like what we would like
Friday, September 21, 2007
Soon Ended
like family completely vapid repetition is
purely formal any resemblance factitious
give in up unembarrassed well accepted
small audience for experimental theatre
this routine soon ended fresh made up
downtown Riviera Mercedes John which
preferable both classy neither one home
peculiar exhaustion barely allows words
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Many Pleasures
91% chocolate practically medicinal I like
sugar a little more perfect balance daily
schmooze Maurie phone sitting stone
step sun many pleasures Santa Barbara
interviewed La Mama Troupe memories
always awake journalistically curious
not enough audience to congeal respond
review mentioned Shelley Aeschylus wow
9/20/07 10:43 p.m.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Soft Self
meaningless Los Angeles all that effort
I enter dazzled brightness colors cars
my New York afoot Santa Barbara stay
home garden murmur consider a pool
our lives entirely artificial structure
soft self stiff bones we are wrapped
around naturally moving changeable
inevitable regardless arbitrary forms
friendship lasts longest whoever were
dribbled caroming north warmer west
work play lost frustration satisfaction
returning faded lame eventually dead
Monday, September 17, 2007
Nearly Here
word becomes phrase image-thought edifice
comes tumbling pure nonsense live between
swells breath longing carries loving forward
Philosophy, Lou thought and so did Cornelius, had trivialized itself right out of the ballpark. Nothing rose to plug the gap, to address what some called "ultimate concerns," unless you count the arts, the arts that lacked both epistemological methods and accountability, and that drew nutty people, or drove them nuts. (Annie Dillard, "The Maytrees")
peanut butter honey whole grain sandwich
cottage cheese yummy tomato orange juice
good book sunny day duet fall nearly here
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Little Kisses
enchanted canton timeless placeless
this sunshine could be Provencal it is
Julia Child supervising her husband
Buff Orpington invented the chicken
staying home away complex society
around the palace garage pool house
rented others under salon emerge to
garden clean wash dishes piling up
boy fifty lets his robe hang open I
don't mind one lies down with me
I don't know who snuggle embrace
little kisses I remember my herpes
day let go goes pleasantly ear wax
making distance kind companion in
the other room thoughts of phoning
calendar rules exactly as I projected
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Art Duty
no measure but inner intangible presumptive
gratification art duty reason enough realest
or social cohesion small group cooperating
nothing results money reputation immortality
sex expanded prospect that's what it means
doing exposing imagined moral other people
back to bed clouds pressure relief open day
see-through book sun roses blissful relax
intention expressed all see take or pass by
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Old Paint
boing then play on play the audience out
notes all remain this person that tell each
doing best color change coordinated oops
taste all mine nothing else to depend on
how then exactly express not wackiness
what doing hold on thought dissolved
like old paint bubbling stinking poison
pencil point beyond lost weekend won
flotation belt fluttering wings let's fly
be there without actually we can both
read between appointments kept love
open planned forever who can come
9/13/07 11:15 p.m.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Every Word
the people doing it like it especially
Jeannot's enjoyment pleases me it
ran 70 minutes ideal People Show
plenty in it Ginnie loved every word
tomorrow an audience programs
overwhelming confusion multiple
intimate expression blind with ego
inevitable calm focus fulfillment
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Beyond Control
how too consuming I forget familiar feeling
mind boggled sapped riding beyond control
creative surge crested whatever imagined
exists as is a certain sag precedes survival
nothing else body languishes only serves
preorgasmic triste the price of having fun
Monday, September 10, 2007
Give In
I have tiredness no wonder
where is my limo assistant
masseur errand boy valet I
park myself give in to cost
joyful fuss at composition
line imagine light set it up
with Brad fast go right to it
we know something at last
actors each pursuing good
flash imagination spirit of
being making doing belief
Sunday, September 09, 2007
Quiet Gratitude
new friend revelations no one else
talk to Dante Goethe George Eliot
memory passion pleasant present
blooming civilized quiet gratitude
colors imagined by name number
expression unveiled away from the
screaming girls we have the best
time talking over Argentine meat
Friday, September 07, 2007
Generous Helpings
move discombobulates smoothly recomforted John's
amazing French mansion friendly hospitable warmth
habits disrupted no wi-fi piano just as well move on
production suddenly over hump permits me buy a
present linen shirt white elusive deep green useful
Oregon winter regular life runthrough reassuring is
an hour enough it must be much coheres in timely
passing Pavarotti gloriously recalled voice like steel
service generous helpings imagine carrying his coffin
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Real Artistry
how unwind now focused fast nothing then
all once again do repetition adding accents
fast slow drunk southern expressionists I
wish allow imagine act voilà! real artistry
never mind arise ringing mine it's Michele
tells me MySpace look my loved ones link
I didn't know we're here there everywhere
reading writing bedtime a timezone east
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
Moral Pain
only money not as important as feelings
oh money what is your position culture
grinds always struggle money flows out
where come in how bear it undefeated
these barely floating money barrel tap
imagine Iraqi pater familias if you dare
live here it's relatively easy war far off
baser instincts tamed law's advantage
moral pain real suffering philosophy
who are you no common reader seek
nothing sit without good or bad news
predictable everyone professional now
Monday, September 03, 2007
Vast Throngs
first performance Rosh Hashana (second day Ramadan)
final Yom Kippur whole run high holy days wow! we are
honored awed atoning push through to stark conviction
tonight rethink Point Blank every night we will be wilder
push tension order chaos process metaphysics confirms
my intuitive reach emergence actively what is going on
Labor Day final summer vast throngs ritually beached
steep into rollers easy immersion paddle about chatting
visitor I swim resident rarely turning into my father in
this one way did I know him how reveal myself to sons
mutually understood accepted how little is confirmed
as if each alone crazy idea truer way appreciate enjoy
Sunday, September 02, 2007
So True
why can't I just sit down and read
forget what other action catch up
e-mail more forthcoming to friends
watch tennis fidget go out anything
to do list never ends meditate die
is this poetry business interludes
conventional practices maintained
frivolous impulses joy expressed
coupled over a thousand miles
invisible inaudible even so true
Saturday, September 01, 2007
Far Out
computer sex machine ex gravitas I mean
extraterrestrial ex cathedra explicitly ex
trajectory excludes aspects rationalized
public private my very subject to fits
somber documentary Iraq "No End in
Sight" fools acting without oversight
unaccountable egg-faced blind pawns
evil game shameful where in this God
Laurel scrutinize monologues hold up
high serious engagé humane far out
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