9.10

light coming into sky above shadowed slope of ridge

sound of birds calling from branches across from it

perspective “as writing,” repetitions comparable to

“too,“ what is conscious, letter “before the world“

process in mind as a quality of many voices singing

together, on paper becomes a long linear repetition

grey whiteness of fog against top of shadowed ridge

diagonal white wave breaking in windless grey plane

9.9

grey blackness of fog beside triangular black ridge

song sparrow calling shadowed branch across from it

see some of the painters, room devoted to paintings

of subjects, references to both which depicted this

walking into Franz Kline's studio, Bill thinks with

pleasure his first name is the same as de Kooning‘s

grey whiteness of fog above shadowed plane of ridge

white line of wave breaking across plane of channel

9.8

grey whiteness of fog against still invisible ridge

blue jay screeching from pine branch across from it

expression since, variant with respect to invariant

covered by, differs from, in other respects present

Fort Point, just to the right of ‘downtown’ one can

own a mirror does one then own the reflection in it

grey whiteness fog in reflected in plane of channel

line of pelicans flapping to the right toward point

9.7

grey whiteness of fog again against invisible ridge

unseen blue jay screeching on branch across from it

for that is and therefore can be thought, so far as

farthest from that, shall be any of, that is to say

listening, thinking with no idea where it will take

me, happy to have no clear sense of where I’m going

grey whiteness of fog still against invisible ridge

line of pelicans gliding to the left toward channel

9.6

light in window opposite unmade yellow and blue bed

shadowed bird perched on cage in window above fence

future posterior to past, which lapses into present

coming in window, sounds, how combination of colors

love to see the landscape leaning against the glass

how color continues beyond the subject’s perception

pale orange of sky above shadowed shoulder of ridge

diagonal white line of wave breaking across channel

9.5

grey whiteness of fog against top of shadowed ridge

motion of shadowed green leaves above redwood fence

places pieces, having set aside frame drawn without

what is, nature of which, standing object from this

most forms written with –e but many without ending,

no ending was pronounced in words even when written

grey whiteness of fog against top of shadowed ridge

line of pelicans gliding to the left toward channel

9.4

light in window opposite unmade yellow and blue bed

silhouette of motionless black branches above fence

brother dies early, works for father seeing some of

other aspects, rather than visual, which difference

5 girls calling 11-year-old boy 6 times on Saturday

night, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight on the table

pale orange of sky above shadowed shoulder of ridge

line of pelicans flapping to the right toward point