Friday, January 28, 2011

DOWN THE SLOPE (A Poem triggered by a ligne donne): A Series

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DOWN THE SLOPE (For Francisco F. Casuga+) Yet all the precedent is on my side:/I know that winter death has never tried/The earth but ...
Wednesday, January 26, 2011

WRATH DESCENDING (A poem triggered by a ligne donne): A Series

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WRATH DESCENDING* It is the retrieval of the limp bodies now piled six-deep from the quarry’s downhill rampage that assails even the...
Tuesday, January 25, 2011

ON THE FREEWAY (A poem triggered by a ligne donne): Series

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ON THE FREEWAY It’s time we found the highway, we seem to be driving in circles, and the breaking circles are obscured by the const...
Monday, January 24, 2011

A WINTER QUESTION (A Poem Triggered by a Given Line [ligne donne]): A Series

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A WINTER QUESTION Must the burdock’s flower grow this prickly To preen above its dock leaves that shelter Leeches, lady bugs, and me...
Sunday, January 23, 2011

FIREPLACE HAIKUS (Poems triggered by a given line---ligne donne): Series

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FIREPLACE HAIKUS Now I may wither into the truth . —W. B. Yeats 1. The lass on my lap Said: I won’t play with snow Today, abuelo . ...
Saturday, January 22, 2011

THE PILOT LIGHT (A Poem Triggered by a Ligne Donne): Series

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THE PILOT LIGHT Trains do not run at Poro Point, China Sea’s north sentinel, But I always recall midnight trainrides going back home:...
Friday, January 21, 2011

DRINKING THE DARK WATER (A Poem Triggered by a Ligne Donee [Given Line])

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DRINKING THE DARK WATER If you braved the stygian stink of Ilog Pasig and sang songs While harvesting floating tulips, debris, or str...
Thursday, January 20, 2011

A LULLABY AT SUNDOWN (Poem Triggered by a Ligne Donne)

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A LULLABY AT SUNDOWN At sundown, on my hammock hour, I hum a lullaby. And I become the magus among the cattails chanting: O give me a...
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011

7. TODAY'S NEWS AFTER LAST NIGHT'S RAIN (A Poem Triggered by a Morning Porch Ligne Donne [Given Line])

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#7. A poem triggered by a ligne donne (given line) TODAY’S NEWS Washlines strung on gnarled lean-to posts Hide hovels with garments...
Tuesday, January 18, 2011

6. A TALE OF A TRYST (A Poem Triggered by a Ligne Donne)

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A TALE OF A TRYST Espy on her moving foglike through snowpacked flowerbeds, and quietly draw the blinds lest you startle the feral cat...