We sleep in, folded over each other
in warmth that builds as the sun rises,
washing our room in blue, then white.
The animals curl beside us, breathing gently.
We move through the day softly,
laughing at what makes us laugh,
laughing at each other laughing.
Your wild twisting hair, your soft shirt,
you singing along to songs we've always loved together,
the way i feel your voice smooth in my chest.
We stretch and sprawl.
We spend our New Year's Eve in,
Chinese take out, rented films, champagne.
Romantic that i am, i wait
to kiss you at midnight
when it alights, a stillness
over us.
31 December 2010
prayer
"Be that empty." --Rumi
what have i made?
sarasvati must want to skin me.
me in my skirt
with my runes carved in the headboard.
me in my skirt
with my runes carved in the headboard.
that man, half-lit,
bowing to his instrument:
make me that hollow.
bowing to his instrument:
make me that hollow.
i bite my lip
i bow my head
i nod along.
goddess of song,
wring me out.
i nod along.
goddess of song,
wring me out.
sing me raw.
29 December 2010
28 December 2010
detail a day #86
the winter crow flock gathers on the hillside every dusk,
silhouetted against the fading sky
silhouetted against the fading sky
26 December 2010
detail a day #85
every person in dreams is actually you.
landscape, animals and the light are also aspects of self,
made other to encounter them.
landscape, animals and the light are also aspects of self,
made other to encounter them.
23 December 2010
21 December 2010
20 December 2010
detail a day #83
lunar eclipse on the solstice,
so we behold our shadow,
deep skin-red,
in the dark of the year.
so we behold our shadow,
deep skin-red,
in the dark of the year.
19 December 2010
detail a day #81
in pictures of us sisters, our features align, heart-shaped:
chin, cheeks a certain squint
chin, cheeks a certain squint
17 December 2010
detail a day #80
The sky this morning, steel and slate
streaked with pale light,
looks like something erin would paint.
streaked with pale light,
looks like something erin would paint.
16 December 2010
15 December 2010
SATURDAy 12/18: IF MEMORY SERVES: A Benefit for the Alzheimer's Association
IF MEMORY SERVES
A Benefit for the Alzheimer's Association
in memory of Robert Grimes (1936-2010)
Saturday, December 18
Modern Formations
7 PM
$5 (goes to Alzheimer's Association)
Facebook event page
FEATURING:
TM Eye
Onodrim
Neighbors
River is to Train
Nikki Allen
Ed Steck
Renée Alberts
and a RAFFLE TO REMEMBER with prizes from: Spak's, Paul's CDs, Mind Cure Records, Carnegie Museum of Art, Kirkiture, 976-Punk pedals, Shrenkengost Inc. and more!
detail a day #76
my patient love who shushes me as i seethe,
blood awash in woman fire,
and makes me laugh instead
blood awash in woman fire,
and makes me laugh instead
13 December 2010
detail a day #74
lead threaded through fabric,
salt pressed into concrete fissures,
sediment clouding tap water
salt pressed into concrete fissures,
sediment clouding tap water
10 December 2010
09 December 2010
detail a day #70
we wake slowly, limb by loosened limb,
our breath entrained, our bodies' heat
coaxing the sun up
our breath entrained, our bodies' heat
coaxing the sun up
06 December 2010
detail a day #69
With the cat's lulling purr in my lap
slowing as she dozes
and Eno piano in the other room,
we didn't even hear it stop snowing.
05 December 2010
upcoming event: If Memory Serves... A Benefit for the Alzheimer's Association in Memory of Robert Grimes (1936-2010)
If Memory Serves... A Benefit for the Alzheimer's Association in Memory of Robert Grimes (1936-2010)
detail a day #68
tracks in the snow
out otherwise invisible creatures,
but the swooping crows
leave no trace
01 December 2010
detail a day #64
Look at these books stacked on every surface.
Pages in strange languages
splayed open like dissections:
what i gather
to prove i believe.
Pages in strange languages
splayed open like dissections:
what i gather
to prove i believe.
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