Archive for 'Poems' Category
Yondercast 028 – Two Years Old!
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/yondercast/~3/XvkxVXk7Ssw/yondercast028.mp3
This episode celebrates Yondercast’s 2nd birthday!
There are three poems this episode, written by Rob the Honourable Box Cutter, my sister and myself.
Thanks to Jordan “FunkMaster” for creating the background music.
Thanks to Christian band 3 In The Same for letting me play “You Give Me Life.”
Sound effect of siren was DMP002011 RUMBCITY SIRENS.wav by martypinso, found [...]
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I dug a warren for rabbits
You built a hive for bees
Yon river flows for fishes
Cyberspace is home for me
I should back up my heart
Like I back up my files
I can’t, so I protect it
With ceramic space shuttle tiles
I once lived inside your future
You read about my history’s past
If we agree where to begin
We will see [...]
Epiphany About Writing Poetry
I’ve been reading The Pattern on the Stone for a couple days, and it’s a fascinating read. Written by W. Daniel Hillis, it explains the basic concepts behind computing. One point Hillis made is that although we describe the values of a bit as 1 and 0, these are actually arbitrary designations. Hillis says, “These [...]
Yondercast 027 – Fallback
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/yondercast/~3/nGAwadoJ12A/yondercast027.mp3
This episode features a new poem from Rob the Honourable Box Cutter, plus two of my own poems. The background music is Freibad by Hauschka. The featured song is Field of Grass by Mountain Mirrors. Thanks to Danny Rossi for nudging me to post an episode!
Reading My Book Aloud 003
Recorded this three weeks ago, finally posting it. This is the audio recording of the next five poems from my book, desiring to touch sky. (The book is available here as a free PDF.)
Listen here: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/yondercast/~3/522604939/rmba003.mp3
11. Friends in Days
12. Unbeknownst (Zeppelin Girl)
13. Envy
14. Later
15. The Mother Ship
Geek Relieved
Geek alone with his self after all
the pyrotechnics have ceased.
Geek greatly relieved
that the out-of-control wonderful
has faded away.
Geek’s fingers more comfortable
skimming across his keyboard
than lighting the fuses of fireworks.
Geek more comfortable surrounded
by his ‘nology
and by all his virtual.
This was a weird one . . . I had all the stanzas written, but it was difficult to [...]
Flower Girl
I knew you
when you
were still a dirt-drowned seed,
drinking puddles from underneath.
I knew you,
I was there
the day you split open,
vegetable growth rupturing out of you
like a slow-motion explosion of green.
You were this tendrily thing,
clinging to the walls like a dear life.
Then I blinked,
and you had flowered
into brightness and light,
like small sunshine
growing in the sky.
And all my [...]
This Is Just to Say
As I was doing a wash today, I thought of a way to parody William Carlos Williams’ poem, This Is Just to Say.
I am wearing
the socks
that were in
the dryer
and which
you were probably
going to wear
today
Forgive me
they are clean
so fuzzy
and so warm
The Bottom of My Heart
I want to wish you a Merry Christmas
from the bottom of my heart,
I really do,
but it’s just not possible right now.
The doctors are still trying to figure out
what’s going on with the bottom of my heart.
They’re spouting medical gibberish, like
“it’s a black hole” and “it swallows light” and “there’s no end in sight.”
So, instead, I [...]
Fallback
I have failed, I have sinned,
and this is my fallback position.
I’ve got my back against a wall,
but it’s a solid wall,
my favourite wall in the whole wide world.
This wall is wallpapered with my favourite photographs,
inspiring poems,
challenging Bible verses
and the occasional amusing doodle.
I think I’ll just sit here for a while,
catching my breath and planning for [...]