odd word, alps--
awed by these massifs we
use a word that is a gulp
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awed by these massifs we
use a word that is a gulp
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Wednesday, June 6, 2018
New Stars, Please
As we know,
the night sky needs updating.
Many stars visually
echo light from dead
sources. It's
astronomical lying.
Has Orion's belt
fallen off completely?
Has Ursa Major suffered
a mortal wound?
Are all the Seven Sisters
still a family?
I recommend looking
through glasses that filter
out light from dead stars.
True, astrologers might
be horrified. A bad
night for their horoscopes--
who could have predicted it?
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the night sky needs updating.
Many stars visually
echo light from dead
sources. It's
astronomical lying.
Has Orion's belt
fallen off completely?
Has Ursa Major suffered
a mortal wound?
Are all the Seven Sisters
still a family?
I recommend looking
through glasses that filter
out light from dead stars.
True, astrologers might
be horrified. A bad
night for their horoscopes--
who could have predicted it?
hans ostrom 2018
So Somewhere Sally
So somewhere Sally
got lost on vacation.
She was working too
hard at relaxing.
She heard a cat
mew-owing.
The sound brought
her back to here,
where she were, in
the blur of being somewhere.
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got lost on vacation.
She was working too
hard at relaxing.
She heard a cat
mew-owing.
The sound brought
her back to here,
where she were, in
the blur of being somewhere.
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Swallows in Sicily
How long have swallows lived
in Sicily? They don't
ask questions like that.
They seem to live in
every town, just like Sicilians.
Their evening flights weave
patters impossible to extract.
They carve and slice the air,
teasing it into life after
its mid-day coma.
Their cries are tuned
to waver between
shriek and whistle.
At nightfall, in Cefalu,
we miss the swallows more
than the sun, more than
the fun we had, if we had
some fun, today.
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in Sicily? They don't
ask questions like that.
They seem to live in
every town, just like Sicilians.
Their evening flights weave
patters impossible to extract.
They carve and slice the air,
teasing it into life after
its mid-day coma.
Their cries are tuned
to waver between
shriek and whistle.
At nightfall, in Cefalu,
we miss the swallows more
than the sun, more than
the fun we had, if we had
some fun, today.
hans ostrom 2018
Haiku Shoes
sonnets wear slippers,
ballads like boots
L-A-N-G-U-A-G-E poems,
hip waders, &
haikus, just shoes
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ballads like boots
L-A-N-G-U-A-G-E poems,
hip waders, &
haikus, just shoes
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Ducks Are Optimists
Paddle a little,
float a lot. Keep
the upper body
still and sturdy.
Where there's water,
there's food. "A
rounded bill will get
it's way." (Old
duck-saying.) Paddle
and float. Sleep well.
Mutter observations.
Migrate with light.
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float a lot. Keep
the upper body
still and sturdy.
Where there's water,
there's food. "A
rounded bill will get
it's way." (Old
duck-saying.) Paddle
and float. Sleep well.
Mutter observations.
Migrate with light.
hans ostrom 2018
Lake Como
The mountains say
What should we do
with all this snow?
The lake says
What should I do with
all these mountains?
Together the mountains
and the lake say Get these
people out of here. We
don't need them.
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What should we do
with all this snow?
The lake says
What should I do with
all these mountains?
Together the mountains
and the lake say Get these
people out of here. We
don't need them.
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Tuesday, May 15, 2018
Bird Reticence
Well, maybe if you
didn't try so hard
to understand birds,
they'd share their
observations with you.
They're very busy, they
know how horrible
humans can be, and
they used to be dinosaurs.
Hence the reticence.
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didn't try so hard
to understand birds,
they'd share their
observations with you.
They're very busy, they
know how horrible
humans can be, and
they used to be dinosaurs.
Hence the reticence.
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Conditional, Tense
I would introduce you
to my friends, but I
don't have any. Hardly.
I'd give an hour-long
speech (favorable)
about your personality,
but I have nothing
prepared. If you would
give me your consent,
I'd kiss you on the cheek--
face or derriere. (Yes,
I am enamored of you,
an I use the term
"enamored of"). I
would do this, I
could do that. Life
lacks luster, and I am
conditionally tense.
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2018
to my friends, but I
don't have any. Hardly.
I'd give an hour-long
speech (favorable)
about your personality,
but I have nothing
prepared. If you would
give me your consent,
I'd kiss you on the cheek--
face or derriere. (Yes,
I am enamored of you,
an I use the term
"enamored of"). I
would do this, I
could do that. Life
lacks luster, and I am
conditionally tense.
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2018
Inside the Cake
Tonight I feel as if
I'm inside an invisible
cake. Reality cake.
I didn't have anything
to do with baking
a cake. I don't know
who baked it, or if
it just baked itself.
I'm simply inside the
cake. Tonight that's
all right. I don't have
to know why the
cake exists or why
I am inside it or why
reality is this cakiness.
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I'm inside an invisible
cake. Reality cake.
I didn't have anything
to do with baking
a cake. I don't know
who baked it, or if
it just baked itself.
I'm simply inside the
cake. Tonight that's
all right. I don't have
to know why the
cake exists or why
I am inside it or why
reality is this cakiness.
hans ostrom
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