there’s a way you have of talking
a familiar sound of words together
and I know I should listen
when you speak
but I‘m too busy
watching your mouth
to avoid staring in your eyes
so as not to be lost
in their depth
only trying not to get lost
gets me lost
and whatever you say
skips over my head
like some stone
thrown by some kid
on a lake
and off I go
skimming on water
until I sink
lost forever
in you
Month: February 2014
Fluvial by Paul Blackburn
She took off her clothes so
naturally, so quickly, you
knew she didn’t belong in them.
. . . . .The habit of unself
. . . . .consciousness is one
. . . . . . . . . . . . .must be acquired,
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .however.
South Of Barcelona by Paul Blackburn
Early morning birdsong
grey sky and chickens and rain
across the plain
tho chickens can hardly be said to sing
their sound is comforting
& homely.
The mountains inland disappear
The clouds come down.
on snow
ıt’s snowing where I was
but sunny and warm where I am
this leads me to think
life is better here
but we shouldn’t judge places
ordinarily by the weather
just as we shouldn’t judge people
solely by appearance
and so I find
for once in my life
I miss snow
quote 3 from Hamlet by William Shakespeare
You cannot, sir, take from me any thing that I will more willingly part withal:
except my life, except my life, except my life.
quote 2 from Hamlet by William Shakespeare
When sorrows come, they come not single spies. But in battalions.
quote 1 from Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Sir, in my heart there was a kind of fighting
That would not let me sleep.
Cutting The Mustard by Paul Blackburn
The world and ourselves pass away
We go on
. . . . .and enter the dance
What other chances are there
we could think of as
. . . . .already prepared?
an old favorite of mine: Matchbook Poem by Paul Blackburn
BUT WHY do you go to the wall?
WHY does he go to the wall?
You go to the
wall because
that’s where the door is
maybe.
Speech by Robert Creeley
Simple things
one wants to say
like, what’s the day
like, out there–
who am I
and where.
Leonard Durso 