Two Poets TK
I LOVED my 30 Days/30 Poets initiative -- and I know I am two poets short of my goal. There are two reasons for that...1. I have a kick-ass cold that is majorly kicking my ass and I only have enough energy at the moment to go crash on my bed. And 2. I have something extremely wonderful and enlightening to share with all of you. BUT I am going to keep it a secret until I get back to feeling like my usual self and not some cranky, stuffed-up, weak-legged sicky. And since I am still feeling a bit Beat, here is something from Diane Di Prima.
The Belltower
the weighing is done in autumn
and the sifting
what is to be threshed
is threshed in autumn
what is to be gathered is taken
the wind does not die in autumn
the moon
shifts endlessly thru flying clouds
in autumn the sea is high
& a golden light plays everywhere
making it harder
to go one's way.
all leavetaking is in autumn
where there is leavetaking
it is always autumn
& the sun is a crystal ball
on a golden stand
& the wind
cannont make the spruce scream
loud enough
and the sifting
what is to be threshed
is threshed in autumn
what is to be gathered is taken
the wind does not die in autumn
the moon
shifts endlessly thru flying clouds
in autumn the sea is high
& a golden light plays everywhere
making it harder
to go one's way.
all leavetaking is in autumn
where there is leavetaking
it is always autumn
& the sun is a crystal ball
on a golden stand
& the wind
cannont make the spruce scream
loud enough
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