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See Mark Weiss' superb "Different Birds" (his Australia poem) at Shearsman.... Candice "I'm holding out for that teenage feeling" (Neko Case) --- kasper salonen <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > postable, sure. (: > here's one from april 06. > > appearance of a crow > > what fine overlap, where > a tall tree with its rigid > twigs and sweeping limbs by > the hundreds drapes over and > in between > another¯growing > > trip-twining half inside it like > a symbol, an inked character > designed by coincidence and > by this garden in all its tumble > and busy fitful peace¯a vast > gate camouflaged in a row > of gates with whole curtains > of bellchains hung high up > their wiring all exposed, against > regulation¯ > > one sturdy branch, longer > sturdier > of darker wood than the others > juts like driftwood out of a > shipwreck's prow, the centre > of an anomalous rule, > immovable. > > looking at a sparrow I think it > large, to imagine it trembling in > my closed hands, hardly contained > and its heart bigger more frantic > than its wings¯ > > then a monster shadow, a lithe > lump hauls itself up from nowhere, > > an immense black rat aesthetic > and intelligent¯on the slim log-limb > > it alights and it creaks, bending > where this crow has warped its > > immutable gravity humbly, without > malice! in sorry defiance > > it hops upwards to the next lookout > post¯I imagine the energy it needs > > to hover such a mass of feathers, > feathers? again! > > it makes a little leap and looks ready > for flight, for a maimed mouthful, > > decorating the heights > like a terrible berry. > > > > and here's another, from september 06: > > early autumn flight gallery > > I > I have to bracket this > vision of a grey > steel rooftop > with a staunch chimney > & arid end-of-summer sky > before these crows learn to fly: > > hopscotch & hover > half drunk > half a coal- > shine eye wrapped > crooked in black rain¯ > > wind-leaping leaves¯! > they try > after a haggle in queue > to fly up > but only jostle to > snap back > like flashes of anger, > deadweights come alive > for two seconds in joy¯ > > they weigh less > than the dark humour > of their competition. > they have wings where mallets should be. > > > II > cigarettes are seashells on the street > & here a black rain- > slapped feather, > leaking flat into asphalt > like ink¯ > > some myth of a bird > has left a memento of death > > some wise tumor on an insect's legs > has left a symbol to soak, & I can see one now: > > how heavy his glide or gnash of a hop, > & ancient his brand-new eyes. > > > > as I read these I see an error or two I wouldn't > commit anymore, but I also > see that my pacing, the rhythm of activity, is much > better than it has been > in some of my latest poems. looking back can do a > world of good.. thanks for > nudging me Max! > > KS > > On 25/01/07, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > > Thanks, Kasper. > > > > Just the mix of responses I need to hear about. > > > > Crowded field, bird poems! > > > > I'd like to read some of yours...postable here? > > > > best from Max > > > > Quoting kasper salonen <[log in to unmask]>: > > > > > "having tired on some long eccentric flight" > > > > > > "Also known to catch, drown, > > > and swallow seagulls, beak first." > > > > > > best bits right thar. > > > narrationally this is really quite boring. > devoid of a sense of action, > > > which might jazz this up just enough to nudge it > out of mediocre-dom. > > > but always nice to read about birds, or people > wathcing birds. :) I've > > > written dozens of such. > > > > > > KS > > > > > > On 24/01/07, Max Richards > <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Bird Snaps > > > > > > > > Drifting grandly over the lake - > > > > the biggest water-bird we've seen! > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: > http://www.netspace.net.au > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097