Monday, April 28, 2008

nesting

today it has rained steadily,
steadily enough to keep me inside, that is.

i am tired
and the sky is heavy
and i have no sticks to show today.

Friday, April 25, 2008

portrait of myself as a collection of dutch office supplies


Thursday, April 24, 2008

2,554 steps.
myself in relation to kolderveen.

meneer ooievaar

goedemorgen, meneer ooievaar.
i say to the wind while squinting through glass
that brings me up next to him, my good sir,
mr. stork.

he is sitting quietly this morning
i imagine he is thinking of his mate,
mevrouw ooievaar, mrs. stork,
to come back from her morning parades
to greet him, 

& they'll throw back their heads
and laugh with their beaks
and click-clack clattering laugh,
and all will be well

and i ride on,
with my red-riding helmet
in the early dawn.

Monday, April 21, 2008

i wonder how many of my steps
does it take to get from one end
of kolderveen to another?

today it took two-million
slow steady straining steps
to get from washington
to now.

but i am here,
and i have never heard such birds
or seen such green
or smelled such smells
like that of here
and that of now.

today i am tired,
but tomorrow,
everything will be new again
and from dream to waking dream
i will begin.

Sunday, April 20, 2008

on my way

i am climbing
from one mechanical bird
to another.

here, 
in the middle of this continent
the world is humming buzzing bursting
and i am flapping further flight,
taking off

from every here
to newer nows,
sleeping with the ocean.