poetry
Jane Cooper, a contemporary of Grace Paley's, died yesterday, and the NYT obituary included her poem "Rent". Thought you might enjoy it too.
Rent If you want my apartment, sleep in it but let's have a clear understanding: the books are still free agents. If the rocking chair's arms surround you they can also let you go, they can shape the air like a body. I don't want your rent, I want a radiance of attention like the candle's flame when we eat, I mean a kind of awe attending the spaces between us- not a roof but a field of stars.
Kathleen C – November 9, 2007 – 6:44am
not sure if this will work but i've put some things 'out there' on the talking stick section of this site that didn't end up in my profile. in case you are interested, i THINK these links will take you there.
my favorite Tao poem titled the true man- i did not write it. it is from the way of chuang tzu by thomas merton:
http://www.ithou.org/node/1175
a poem i did write. The Pole:
http://www.ithou.org/node/1182
a triple X rated, rauncy poem that came out of me years ago. can't say i wrote it. don't know who did! haha!:
http://www.ithou.org/node/1257
Dorothy T – February 11, 2007 – 3:00pm