so good that you can travel far
visit your folks. my day will come

meanwhile likewise we watch the
birds, the creatures

she said that they were pests as we
watched them dancing branch to
other branch

they eat the bird’s nuts she said
then she said she had gone non
essential shopping for her snacks
and nuts

james

i burned the hedge *******
it took most of the day until
i only smelled of smoke
which i rather like anyway

how is your son?

did you ever see the film
of the guy that drove his lawn mower
miles to visit his ailing brother

maybe look it up?

i like the italic up there and glad
you told me the form of verse made
of scatterings and randoms that are us

and put it forth toward them
only one replied

i hope they do not think me brainy
for i am not
i just see connections

how one event does not happen alone
in isolation
or slow motion
like a film
with everything else scrubbed away

james

where will this all end
will we all be able to
breathe again?

the sky this morning came dramatic
turned the room pink

may hang the washing out early…..

let us
do only all the things we wish we could, if our lust and love was not so secret.

not just dream but see, touch and taste the mossy nectar of our wavy
pinkish, glistening seas
above and
beneath an ocean of silken sheets.

-By Alexandra Eames

shallow water,
the tide would go back in and out
i saw you, you were floating
while me, i just kept sinking down and down
no matter how hard i tried,
i couldn't get up.

Almost
Such a terrible word
Shatters you into a million pieces
Takes every ounce of you
before being uttered
Takes you within a hair's breadth of the target
And then kicks you miles away
Makes you question the stars
Even when it was your fault all along
Creeps up in your mind
at the middle of the night
Like a robber
Leaving you behind to search
your hallways for answers
I was almost there
I was almost there and yet not.

If my fate is to love you
From a distance
Then I'll burn for you
Like a star in your night sky
Bright, steady, reliable
Unwavering
Until the end of time.

Today, today
So round, smooth, the clean-shaven weather
Lifting the weight off my stride
Untangling my bones as I march
Up the cobblestone street which I love
The rhythm so tight like a tune
The song that crinkles my nose
The very edge of laughter
A rose is a rose and I still know happiness
When I see it
I’m still able to scrape
Both knees to converse with the ants
Who inhabit the cracks in the pavement
Who do not know beyond what is knowable now
And what is knowable now is all there is to know
So the ants know everything.

Σπάσε την στάμνα, μέρα καθαρμού

Έλα να σβήσουμε τα πρόσωπά μας
Και τα ονόματα γραμμένα
μόνο στην άμμο δίπλα στην θάλασσα

Άσε να ξεβραστούμε τυχαία
σε μια παραλία αυτού του κόσμου
Χωρίς ταυτότητα με αμνησία στο κορμί

Έλα και πλάγιασε δίπλα μου ξένος με ξένη
Αλλά με εκείνη την αγάπη που ζήσαμε
εκείνα τα δευτερόλεπτα

Μην παρασύρεσαι εκεί είμαι στην γωνία
Περιμένω με αγωνία το απρόσωπο πρόσωπο

Τον άνθρωπο χωρίς τα λόγια
Τον άνδρα χωρίς τον σκοπό

Μεγάλωσε ο χρόνος
και κυλά ο ουρανός στα όνειρα μου

Με μια παντιέρα ανεμίζω
και σημαδεύω την άφιξη σου

Δεν χάνεται η λέξη που ειπώθηκε
σε μια στιγμή
που το αίμα κυλούσε γοργά