博客存档 - Susan Tacent

somebody stole the lamp

4/30/2021

We build on the ephemeral. Following a thyme bush's fragrance, we discover Guernica filled with smoke. Somebody stole the lamp. The war was lost due to compositional failure. Airplanes, stop it! Beatific vision requires elevation. We are engaging you to pay the mortgage on the groom's bed, on the bride's torn little dress.

Excerpt from Sea and Fog, Etel Adnan

mother

4/29/2021

His mother pulled for that boy like a tree pulls light.

One Kind Favor, Kevin McIlvoy

into the storm

4/28/2021

Rain falls. Fire-spirits create clamor and thirst in the audience. Can water be thirsty? While thunder gathers energy lines of waves turn into musical scores. Thinking captures the sounds and throws them into the storm.

Excerpt from Sea and Fog, Etel Adnan

the rich river

4/27/2021

...Together they nuzzled
her huge flank until she spilled over,

and they pummeled and pulled her tough nipples, and she
gave them
the rich river.

Excerpt from "Snow Moon–Black Bear Gives Birth," Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver

surge

4/26/2021

it's not size but surge that tells us
when we're in touch with something real,

Excerpt from "Little Owl Who Lives In The Orchard," Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver

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