the quote gives this a context, makes it more than just a snap.
I like 'measured my life / in kitchen tables'... it is a measured poem.
I (in the same city) slept outside... managed to stay asleep until 7:30
The weather is disgusting
Janet
2010/1/19 andrew burke <[log in to unmask]>
> 5am. In that silent
> suburban time before
> dawn, a kookaburra
> sings solo outside
>
> our courtyard. I’ve
> been mulling over
> that quote, ‘Old age
> is not for sissies’
>
> and the kookaburra’s
> laugh underscores it.
> On the windowsill
> my old comb lies,
>
> full of dog’s hair.
> More birds sing now,
> like all the canned
> laughter of sit coms
>
> played out of control.
> I sit at the kitchen
> table (I have
> measured my life
>
> in kitchen tables)
> attempting to write
> the punchline before
> the penultimate break.
>
>
>
>
>
> Andrew
>
> 'Beyond City Limits', pub. ICLL @ ECU, available at topnotch indie
> bookshops - list at http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
>
--
Janet Jackson: Words with attitude & soul
Poems Performances Workshops Courses
Creative, technical and corporate writing
Editing
[log in to unmask]
www.proximitypoetry.com
Perth Poetry Club: www.perthpoetryclub.com
The Line Mine, bulletin board for Perth poetry & spoken word:
[log in to unmask]
groups.yahoo.com/group/thelinemine
Breastfeeding info & help: www.breastfeeding.asn.au
|