Saturday, March 31, 2012

Low Commitment Projects

Macinwi sent me a link to Low-Commitment Projects (specifically to Sandwich Artist) a couple of months ago, and I've just gotten around to clicking through it...

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Diving into the wreck

I first read this in, what, 1976 or so?
I am here, the mermaid whose dark hair
streams black, the merman in his armored body
We circle silently
about the wreck
we dive into the hold. ...
We are, I am, you are
by cowardice or courage
the one who find our way
back to the scene
carrying a knife, a camera
a book of myths
in which
our names do not appear.

When I was poet laureate of the United States...

Monday, March 26, 2012

Tuesday, March 20, 2012