8.21

blue pink yellows of sky above black plane of ridge

waning white moon next to shadowed greens of leaves

same event relative to which translation was making

any point in back of always flattening out the edge

how pleased she is Sonia Delaunay there in the room

walks around the edges of imagination on a postcard

pale orange sky above still black shoulder of ridge

white line of wave breaking on sand next to channel

8.20

light coming into fog against top of shadowed ridge

motion of green bamboo leaves next to redwood fence

first could say as much as exactly the way we think

almost narrative structure right hand edge of light

think of poem read on page same poem read aloud how

can two such different shapes of things be the same

grey white fog against still invisible top of ridge

white line of wave breaking on sand next to channel

8.19

dream in unmade yellow and blue bed opposite window

seven letters of “channel” moved to the second line

another person whose views strike on the other hand

painting in terms of system behind it between parts

presence of light falling across the unsounded page

shapes of letters and words and spaces between them

grey whiteness of fog against top of shadowed ridge

egret flapping to the right toward mouth of channel

8.18

line of light in fog against invisible top of ridge

blue jay screeching from branch in right foreground

translate rather than “of” painting probably before

easy matter of sun referred to asks but when are we

how can we tell the trunks from the lines eyes make

one asks noting pallor of seascape with those palms

grey whiteness of fog against top of shadowed ridge

white line of wave breaking across mouth of channel

8.17

light comes into fog against invisible top of ridge

sound of quail calling Chi-ca-go in left foreground

responsive to the distressing period in which lived

vanishing points multiple seems implies sight lines

eyes following a sequence of curves at top of ridge

against grey blue whiteness of fog picture looks up

grey whiteness of fog against top of shadowed ridge

line of pelicans flapping to the right toward point

8.16

cloudless blue white sky above still shadowed ridge

pink white roses next to left edge of redwood fence

events relative to one system how we calculate time

also just earlier or later point in front of before

woman relies on memory to speak of a former teacher

knowledge growing more distant in projecting future

pale red orange edge of sky above shoulder of ridge

white circle of moon beside NO PARKING ANYTIME sign

8.15

dream in unmade yellow and blue bed opposite window

file folders of photographs arranged in bankers box

relation to drawing allows to be brought into light

where we say matter of finding an appropriate place

looking at pallet types of clouds in blue white sky

camera moving right to left reading a line backward

blue whiteness of sky above black shoulder of ridge

white line of wave breaking on sand next to channel