Sound poems coming, Knut. Welcome William, indeed.
Doug
On 28-Nov-05, at 12:39 PM, Knut Mork Skagen wrote:
> A big thanks to everyone who replied & congratulated, on-list and off.
>
> Yes, Patrick, the midwife's foot did arrive (and the rest of her as
> well, fortunately), about two minutes before William did. I like to
> think I could have delivered him myself if necessary -- but I'm glad I
> didn't have to test the theory!
>
> Add to this the fact that we live, quite literally, 100 meters away
> from the maternity ward and we felt a bit silly about not making it on
> time. But when the baby decided to arrive, he really decided to
> arrive.
>
> All are well, even if his older sister & brother are (understandably)
> finding it all a bit strange.
>
> Expect very few posts from here for the next few weeks, as poetry
> gives way to parenting ;)
>
> --Knut
>
> On Nov 27, 2005, at 21:50, Stephen Vincent wrote:
>
>> Such joy to hear, Knut.
>> Be well with the new baby bond!
>>
>> Stephen V
>>
>>
>>
>>> Hope that
>>> The foot
>>> On pedal
>>> Arrived
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers congrats Patrick
>>> Ps any old excuse not to get that snap on time!!
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue relating to poetry
>>> and
>>> poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Knut Mork
>>> Skagen
>>> Sent: 26 November 2005 17:26
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: A snapshot whose tardiness is self-explanatory
>>>
>>> We are rolls
>>> of warm wax
>>> spinning
>>> in the hull
>>> of sulphur lamps,
>>> shifts in the
>>> cloud cover,
>>> light matter
>>> passing through
>>> us and beneath;
>>> experience etched
>>> to the body
>>> in muscular spots
>>> where language
>>> won't go.
>>>
>>> The groan of my wife
>>> woke the cells
>>> who remembered
>>> the groan;
>>> silent for years
>>> in the cochlear curl.
>>> Not an animal
>>> sound but
>>> human, the way
>>> so few sounds
>>> are human.
>>> The clench within
>>> between two
>>> sets of muscle:
>>> one very small,
>>> the other the strongest
>>> ever to visit a human:
>>> the long, concrete
>>> squeeze of the womb
>>> against a matchstick kick;
>>>
>>> and at the other end
>>> of the phone line
>>> a midwife
>>> with her foot on the pedal.
>>>
>>>
>>> KM Skagen
>>> Trondheim, 24/11-05
>>
>
>
Douglas Barbour
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(780) 436 3320
Shakespeare
Drag yr mouldy old bones
Up these stairs & tell me
What you died of,
I think
I’ve got it
Too.
Sharon Thesen
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