Detail from illustration by Joseph Low, in George F. Willison, Saints and Strangers (New York: Time Inc., 1945).
Monthly Archives: November 2014
The arrowy requests
We sent with our eyes
left us scattered, fallen
aching up
unto the gleaning
Dutch family in prayer before the meal, 1627
Pilgrim corn
Three herring in a hillock,
as the Patuxet had done.
Three spokes of a wheel.
Three eyes,
three mouths in conversation
guard the corn
that grows up through the wheel.
Clouds on the ground
Saltless
Sealess
Carrying nothing I might need
Neighbors at night
A chance meeting in the Octopus’ garden
That Jules Verne would be there
came as no surprise,
but Jacques Cousteau?!
The sushi was lovely,
but the gin was watery
and hard to see.
Keep your eye on the ball (2)
Keep your eye on the ball (1)
Awake to the same facts
I close my eyes and try again
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