grey whiteness of cloud against invisible
ridge, motion of shadowed black branches
in foreground, sound of wave in channel
follows from that, physical
interpretation of act
imaginary angle, the motion
denoted, of the field
grey-white cloud against top of ridge,
silver of drop splashing into channel
Hi Stephen,
ReplyDeleteInteresting poem-sections here the last two days, given the storms that've come through the Bay Area and presumably Bolinas.
In particular I see in the last line today a hint of the weather, and also in the "shadowed motion" of the second line. Similar very minimal mentions -- minimal compared to the outsized size of the weather -- appeared yesterday and the day before (1/19 and 1/18).
Perhaps this is an interesting exemplar of the poem's "mission" or your approach as compared to the full breadth of the reality from which its sections each day are drawn???
thanks Steven, I think I know what you're thinking here -- such BIG 'drama' in the 'real' weather (and such 'minute' things here -- "sound" of wave (instead of ocean ROARING!). Did you get a chance to see #s 1.14 - 1.17 (I was in New York, seeing/writing "buildings" and "walls" instead of "channel" and "ridge". . . .
ReplyDeleteBest to you,
S