Monthly Archives: July 2013

Move Along (a Sonnet by the Summer Sea)

Posted on Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 12:12 pm by

Move Along (a Sonnet by the Summer Sea) Down here by the sea every word spoken is a raven’s black wings bent and straining in the updrafts over the dunes, it’s a gull’s long throat stained orange inside with guts … Continue reading →

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January Haiku

Posted on Tuesday, July 30th, 2013 12:57 pm by

Even crows must sleep— is that why none has stolen the frost-bright moon?

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At Sunset

Posted on Monday, July 29th, 2013 11:12 am by

This one’s from last September. At Sunset At sunset, the blue heron’s long-legged hunger stalks the foam-flecked tide

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Two Views of the Late July Moon from Charlottetown

Posted on Sunday, July 28th, 2013 11:21 am by

Two Views of the Late July Moon from Charlottetown 1. Well after midnight the waning moon finally hauled its ragged ass over the rooftops—we might drag ours home before it sets 2. Look, the waning moon’s worn the fuck out, … Continue reading →

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Do the Twist (a late July night)

Posted on Saturday, July 27th, 2013 11:27 am by

This one, in a sense, plays off the stolen Du Fu poem I posted yesterday evening. Chubby Checker – The Twist Do the Twist (a late July night) A late July night. The air is still. The rain earlier only made … Continue reading →

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Moonlit Night in Fort Mac Jail (stealing from Du Fu)

Posted on Friday, July 26th, 2013 7:21 pm by

I felt a little ambitious this evening so I stole this poem from Du Fu (in the same way many of the poems in the middle section of Letters I Didn’t Write are stolen from dead Chinese poets). It’s a transposal—not … Continue reading →

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Night Rain in July

Posted on Friday, July 26th, 2013 11:47 am by

While I was busy the night grew late, the moon slid behind storm clouds—now rain mocks me with these rhythms— how you tapped on my window

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