Open A Copper Pouring
(Open A Copper Pouring was nominated for the 2006 Pushcart Prize for Poetry by the Editors of Arsenic Lobster Magazine.)
Open A Copper Pouring
they say, come now down
the violin-welted and finger-drunk sky,
painting a winter-bark mouth,
ceramic-blue-mad-scratching;
angela and sylvia are humming
clay-sparrow crimes,
7-4-3 and its reverse---
where thigh-dress country roads
bird-pop-chatter and fork,
way down where white-washed
spellings of god-crossed words
are acoustic hymen painted fish.
their house is hazel frost,
crows and bees,
venus-glass-beautiful---
scallop-plain men now gone,
apple-oil a shelter
of daubing mud and dabchick birds.
come down, come down,
electric and violet salmon-green sky,
open a copper pouring,
angela and sylvia are crane-tooth-whispering,
keeping forked secrets from dog men.
(First published in Arsenic Lobster, 2006. (C) Michael Paul Ladanyi.)
Open A Copper Pouring
they say, come now down
the violin-welted and finger-drunk sky,
painting a winter-bark mouth,
ceramic-blue-mad-scratching;
angela and sylvia are humming
clay-sparrow crimes,
7-4-3 and its reverse---
where thigh-dress country roads
bird-pop-chatter and fork,
way down where white-washed
spellings of god-crossed words
are acoustic hymen painted fish.
their house is hazel frost,
crows and bees,
venus-glass-beautiful---
scallop-plain men now gone,
apple-oil a shelter
of daubing mud and dabchick birds.
come down, come down,
electric and violet salmon-green sky,
open a copper pouring,
angela and sylvia are crane-tooth-whispering,
keeping forked secrets from dog men.
(First published in Arsenic Lobster, 2006. (C) Michael Paul Ladanyi.)
posted by Michael Paul Ladanyi | Thursday, February 15, 2007
10 Comments:
Michael, another Pushcart Prize nomination? How many does that bring you up to now - a kazillion? :)
Wonderful, wonderful poem with multi-layered depths. Congratulations.
Enchanting...
A pleasure to come along for the read.
Gratulálok!
beautiful, lovely, terrific, brilliant, wonderful...& all of the adjectives in the world that relate to these!
Simply beautiful!
Thank you, Aurora. It has been some time since we last spoke. Life has a way of directing you where it wishes you to be, and it is hard at times to find the quiet again.
Great to hear from you. Thank you for your kind words, my friend. Email me soon and let me know how you have been.
Thank you, Angeldust. I appreciate the read. :~)
Thank you very much for "all the adjectives in the world." I appreciate that, Miss Magic.
Thank you, Margie, and thanks for the read.
Michael...Beautiful, powerful, and yet...so delicate. Nicely done.
I discovered this blog through Aurora's profile. Glad I happened upon you.
I appreciate the read, Don. Thanks much.
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