Topic 4 of 53: chat about the poetry scene
Wed, Nov 27, 1996 (08:43) |
Paul Terry Walhus (terry)
Let's talk about the poetry scene. What place
does poetry have in your life. This is just a
freewheelin' easy goin' topic. Relax and enjoy.
8 responses total.
Topic 4 of 53 [poetry]: chat about the poetry scene
Response 1 of 8: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Mar 19, 1998 (21:26) * 0 lines
Topic 4 of 53 [poetry]: chat about the poetry scene
Response 2 of 8: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Thu, Mar 19, 1998 (22:40) * 0 lines
Topic 4 of 53 [poetry]: chat about the poetry scene
Response 3 of 8: nick a'hannay (pmnh) * Fri, Mar 20, 1998 (00:04) * 0 lines
Topic 4 of 53 [poetry]: chat about the poetry scene
Response 4 of 8: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Apr 19, 1998 (10:54) * 48 lines
A poem being passed out freely at several bookstores in SF:
Lightweight
One day, I will have
to put her down and take up
someone else -- my mother,
formidable and happy
from assorted potencies,
her liver a colander.
Despite her lack of stature
she will crush
your fleshy hand, pleased
to meet you.
Any thinner, and we could
bury her in a saxophone case,
lay her out in a long map drawer,
fold her into a bird cage,
safety deposit or cigar box,
a hollowed-out book, pill case --
here she is: my mom.
I carry her around;
she comes along.
WELLSPRING
"After the eighth child, you just can't get your figure back" she said,
now up to 12 births and full-bellied, though not from food. So unfull,
in fact, that when the family dog knocked over the butter churn, ruining
the contents on the dirt floor, she took him by the collar and hung him
in the live oak where he howled and died. No one spoke of it then, or
until she was senile and arthritic, since the yellow dog was replaced
with many other mutts, spoiled and hand-fed, sleeping with the children.
Swift justice, the noose and dog cut down, but an end of rope still
circling a tree in Nebraska, by way of Minnesota, the Netherlands, some
old world of hunger and industry.
Topic 4 of 53 [poetry]: chat about the poetry scene
Response 5 of 8: nick a'hannay (pmnh) * Sun, Apr 19, 1998 (13:42) * 2 lines
i liked these... thanks for sharing
them, terry...
Topic 4 of 53 [poetry]: chat about the poetry scene
Response 6 of 8: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Apr 20, 1998 (10:43) * 46 lines
Topic 4 of 53 [poetry]: chat about the poetry scene
Response 7 of 8: wer (KitchenManager) * Sat, Jan 16, 1999 (14:58) * 10 lines
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Topic 4 of 53 [poetry]: chat about the poetry scene
Response 8 of 8: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Apr 18, 2002 (09:29) * 6 lines
"Poetry is important, beautiful, silly, sexy, and sometimes dangerous.
You can use it in your life. Find out how."
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0898157773/qid=1018986189/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3/102-6522950-7864163
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