Sunday, September 12, 2010

Imitation Post, week 4

Li-Young Lee in Contemporary American Poetry, p. 584:


One Heart


Look at the birds. Even flying
is born

out of nothing. The first sky
is inside you, open

at either end of day.
The work of wings

was always freedom, fastening
one heart to every falling thing.


"Kneading" by Darren Delfosse

Peer at the felines. Even kneading
is born

out of nowhere. The first need
is inside you, wanting

at both ends of day.
The work of paws

was always acceptance, stapling
one heart to every lonesome thing.

1 comment:

  1. Interesting work, Darren. You might also experiment with taking greater liberties in the improv. Rather than keep his "heart" at the end, you could change even that:

    stapling
    one heart to every lonesome thing.

    or

    stapling
    one question mark to every lonesome thing.

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