Friday, July 3, 2009

poetry + new scanner = blogging

I KNOW SOMETHING YOU DON'T KNOW


to grasp at the edges of an idea
to strip away
to fumble
flounder
to guess

struggle

frantic insight timeline
fundamental nature of (pronoun)

to eliminate the superfluous
to reduce
to shine light
to discover connections
to reveal structure
to destroy
to reveal changed horizons

burntblack hillscapes
devastated countryside
flattened peaks/risen valleys

GIVES WAY TO

verdant fields
panorama quite
lush and hopeful
lens flare
sunlit expanse

thru it all
the sly smile
the eye glint
the hand over mouth
inhibiting spoilers
deep breaths
the reliving

TO WAIT PATIENTLY ON THE MOUNTAINTOP_____________________________________________________