this is a wonderful piece. The periods are part of the poem. I'm sure
there's someone who uses periods in a similar vein but danged if I can
remember who.
Roger
On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 4:18 AM, Janet Jackson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> (Aha! there's my second book title! 'Poems from the haunted coat'. I have
> this coat, history unknown, which seems to me to be haunted with poems. But
> first books first.)
>
> The following could be considered a sonnet, I suppose. It's about the fifth
> draft.
>
> Janet
>
> *breath*
>
> brush with that nightskin this dayskin.
> tangential coatmerge. totem furs.
> chimpgirl. panther.
>
> chill chubby sunmemory with thinlimbed mist.
> dimlysensed. vibrational. suspended.
> extension. locus.
>
> gamewisp smelltaste. hunter meatsweat.
> turning. pacing. turning. pacing. focus.
> flash flood of star-mangled breath
>
> just outside the scent markers of the gang boss
> just outside the territory of the tribe
> as they sleep. snoring. gone. I alert
>
> both eyes scanning
> skin stretched wide
>
>
> --
> Janet Jackson <[log in to unmask]>
> www.proximity.webhop.net (Poetry)
> www.myspace.com/poetjj (Includes occasional arts & culture blog)
>
> The Line Mine, bulletin board for Perth poetry & spoken word:
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> groups.yahoo.com/group/thelinemine
>
> Breastfeeding info & help: www.breastfeeding.asn.au
>
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