a meditation for a wednesday
a single pomegranate seed
tethered to its beak
at the moment of most credulity
an owl finch landed -
__one weak foot
___in the mud -
at the side of the road -
the one i limped in on
at the morning's call -
for neutrality or passion
i cried him into staying
that extra minute
and it was worth it
(our new mythology)
loosing the secret
to a friend
- the smell of the hemiptera
or the taste of medicine -
my tea factory
my affect - ness
refusing to disguise the lines
from what they really are
the bird's red cheeks
stained or blushed
from fruit or from honesty
still has one foot stuck in the ground
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ReplyDeletea single pomegranate seed
ReplyDeletetethered
to its beak
at the moment of most credulity
an owl finch
landed---
one weak foot in the mud---
at the side of the road -
the one i limped
in on
at the morning's call---
for neutrality or passion
i cried him
into
staying that extra minute
and it was worth it
(our new mythology)
loosing
the secret to a friend
---the smell of the hemiptera
or the taste of medicine---
my tea
factory my affect - ness
refusing to disguise the lines
from what they really are
the bird's
red cheeks
stained or blushed from fruit
or honesty
still
has one foot
stuck.
Katy. I really! like this poem. There's music hidden in it.
ReplyDeletebrian, thank you. i like how your version looks... all zig zagged. but i like the way mine reads better >_< only because i think i know how to read couplets now. (after a billion years of trying and trialing)
ReplyDeletethanks for playing!
Katy, you're welcome. Send me an e-mail about how you read couplets now. I'd like to understand your h[ear]ing of the poem[s].You know I always like putting my spin on a poem of yours that makes me react, and again, the poem[s], I like.
ReplyDeleteI like this old/re-emerging sense of mythology. And the appearance of more pomegranates!
ReplyDeletethank you ashraf. i am missing the birds and robots of the poemtree era of katy.
ReplyDeleteit's pomegranate season, and at the pet store the other day, we saw owl finches for sale. they're really pretty. if i ever got a bird, it would be one of them.
the mythology seems to unfold when i'm inspired by birds and fruit.