On a Pose of Virgil’s

On a Pose of Virgil's Near its peak, the mountain requires nearly no effort to climb. There is no sky behind the flags, barges of pretty silt. Some wrestlers oil themselves to prevent a grip, others rub grit on their skin to help it. In the cartoon, Orpheus puts glasses on the back of his head and...

Forbearance

Forbearance Hast thou named all the birds without a gun; Loved the wood-rose, and left it on its stalk; At rich men’s tables eaten bread and pulse: Unarmed, faced danger with a heart of trust; And loved so well a high behavior In man or maid, that thou from speech refrained Nobility more nobly to...

Bantams in Pine-Woods

Bantams in Pine-Woods Chieftain Iffucan of Azcan in caftan Of tan with henna hackles, halt! Damned universal cock, as if the sun Was blackamoor to bear your blazing tail. Fat!  Fat!  Fat!  Fat!  I am the personal. Your world is you.  I am my world. You ten-foot poet among inchlings. Fat! Begone! An inchling bristles...

The Pasture

The Pasture I'm going out to clean the pasture spring; I'll only stop to rake the leaves away (And wait to watch the water clear, I may): I shan't be gone long. You come too. I'm going out to fetch the little calf That's standing by the mother. It's so young, It totters when she...

Sonnet 8

Sonnet 8 Music to hear, why hear'st thou music sadly? Sweets with sweets war not, joy delights in joy: Why lov'st thou that which thou receiv'st not gladly, Or else receiv'st with pleasure thine annoy? If the true concord of well-tuned sounds, By unions married, do offend thine ear, They do but sweetly chide thee,...

Filed: Misc.

Filed Misc. The contents of a hanging file folder spill out like an overturned glass of wine A pack of Sow and Grow seeds, 300 mg that sound like a maraca when you shake it A receipt for a Paul Klee poster, Blossoms in the Night, $27.07 including tax procured from the San Francisco Museum...

As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 7

As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 7 Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Thou art not so unkind As man’s ingratitude; Thy tooth is not so keen, Because thou art not seen, Although thy breath be rude. Heigh-ho! sing, heigh-ho! unto the green holly: Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly: Then, heigh-ho, the...

What Surprises You About the Fire

What Surprises You About the Fire  at the House Next Door Is not the waking at 4 a.m. One expects, perhaps, that with a fire comes a waking. Portable floodlights on all sides make the night unbearably bright and in the shock of brilliance your other neighbor’s place becomes a white dollhouse set down in...

December Sale – Essential Oils & More

December Sale - Essential Oils & More Camphor Essential Oil (Cinnamomum camphora) Aroma Sharp, camphoraceous, woody undertone Overview Lumps of camphor wood have been worn around the neck to offer protection. Blends Well With Citrus oils, eucalyptus, lavender, rosemary, spice oils Herbal Miscellany Camphor oil can be found on the market under three different colors...

The Living Hand

The Living Hand This living hand, now warm and capable Of earnest grasping, would, if it were cold And in the icy silence of the tomb, So haunt thy days and chill thy dreaming nights That thou would wish thine own heart dry of blood, So in my veins red life might stream again, And...