Sharon
I think the lines actually go as far as each 2nd line? Really long, in
other words? The line breaks make most sense at the end of each 2nd
line, although the lines then are VERY long.
Do you know Mei-mei Berssenbrugge's work? She is an absolute master of
the long line, directing the writing way out of lyric self yet holding
onto a strange kind of lyric thought.
Doug
On 25-Mar-08, at 7:42 PM, sharon brogan wrote:
> It's spring again. The garden knows it. From beneath, green and purple
> leaves, reaching up. Reaching out.
> A winter vine climbs the fence. It separates the boards. Strong and
> woody,
> it goes where it pleases. In all
> directions. I am not like other people. I watch them, for clues. A
> woman
> passes by with two small dogs
> on a leash. She smiles. Why? I go to the door and look through the
> glass. On
> the fence, just the other side
> of the window, a black cat looks back at me. I open the door, and
> the cat
> vanishes in an arc, over the fence.
> I dream I am chased by a monster. It's kill or be killed. I am so
> weak I can
> barely lift the hammer; the blow
> only cracks the monster's bald skull. Like an egg, cracking. This
> happens
> many times, many iterations. I find
> a green light and shine it on the monster. I sing it a love song,
> and it
> dies, finally, peacefully. Sitting very still,
> I hold my aging cat against my aging breasts. We both purr. With my
> breath,
> we purr. A snow shovel stands
> against the wall. Unused, unneeded, this warm spring. Everything has a
> function. We all do what we must.
>
> --
>
>
> ~ SB | http://www.sbpoet.com | =^..^=
>
Douglas Barbour
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to rid me of
the ugh in
thought
i spell anew
weave the world
out of the or
binary
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