all watched over by animals of loving grace |
dear deer,as i walk home after my evening class, i walk through a tiny wood, over a bridge, up a hill through a walnut grove, and along a tree-lined trail. it's a long walk. it's dark. there are crick...
Posted by s o p h i e on Fri, 01 Sep 2006 09:03:00 PST |
I stumbled out of bed and got ready for the struggle |
I'll be there today With a big bouquet of cactus I got this rig that runs on memories And I promise, cross my heart, They'll never catch us But if they do, just tell them it was meYeah I loved you all...
Posted by s o p h i e on Thu, 24 Aug 2006 11:31:00 PST |
variations on a theme |
4Last evening we went dancing and I broke your leg.Forgive me. I was clumsy andI wanted you here in the wards, where I am the doctor!Kenneth Koch
Posted by s o p h i e on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 03:03:00 PST |
echo telephone piece |
Get a telephone that only echoes backyour voice.Call every day and talk about manythings.Yoko Ono - Spring 1964
Posted by s o p h i e on Thu, 06 Apr 2006 07:09:00 PST |
the mercy seat |
I began to warm and chill
to objects and their fields,
A ragged cup, a twisted mop
the face of Jesus in my soup
Those sinister dinner deals
The meal trolley's wicked wheels
A hooked bone rising ...
Posted by s o p h i e on Mon, 13 Feb 2006 12:32:00 PST |
black dog songs |
Greyhound Ode -
Go to sleep little doggie
while the moon is still foggy
and the wild dogs all bark
by the light of the moon
by the moon little doggie,
under the streetlights so foggy
while ...
Posted by s o p h i e on Tue, 07 Feb 2006 12:30:00 PST |
hiding out from the winter sundays |
was it real, was it imagined?
either way, I just don't care.
it's like a flash of radiation,
that leaves the buildings
where they stand.
our time has passed so quickly.
our time, our time has pa...
Posted by s o p h i e on Mon, 16 Jan 2006 10:47:00 PST |
and the future, the future |
4
early fall exists; aftertaste, afterthought;
seclusion and angels exist;
widows and elk exist; every
detail exists; memory, memory's light;
afterglow exists; oaks, elms,
junipers, sameness, lo...
Posted by s o p h i e on Sat, 14 Jan 2006 10:11:00 PST |
nine-tenths |
affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.
-cs lewis
Posted by s o p h i e on Fri, 09 Dec 2005 08:08:00 PST |
