—Photos Courtesy of Public Domain
devonian age
it’s raining out
saturday morning
& i gaze at the fern
in the terracotta pot
on the table
i once read that ferns
first appeared about
360 million years ago
during what is called
the “age of the fishes”
maybe earlier they say
& i just sit
glad to daydream
of this long ago time
the other day
i heard someone mention
the term FOMO
which is short for
“fear of missing out”
& laugh b/c i think have it
but it’s only for “the age of fishes”
& the first fronds of ferns
magnificent bright triangles
spreading out
in all their greenness
beneath the devonian sun
it’s raining out
saturday morning
& i gaze at the fern
in the terracotta pot
on the table
i once read that ferns
first appeared about
360 million years ago
during what is called
the “age of the fishes”
maybe earlier they say
& i just sit
glad to daydream
of this long ago time
the other day
i heard someone mention
the term FOMO
which is short for
“fear of missing out”
& laugh b/c i think have it
but it’s only for “the age of fishes”
& the first fronds of ferns
magnificent bright triangles
spreading out
in all their greenness
beneath the devonian sun
golden blood
i am proud father
of my younger self
the boy who places
bouquets of sunflowers
in my morgue drawer heart
how i adore this
little ghost-boy teacher
his small shy feet
skipping bare-soled
& golden
thru my bile & blood
i’ll be the one w/ a heart for a brain
w/ an unfrozen sea that rocks back & forth
w/ dripping spleen on sleeve
i’ll be the one w/ a roadkill aura
w/ an angel on one shoulder that does pirouettes
so slowly you can spot the devil
w/ a skull graffitied w/ wildflowers
i’ll be the one w/ ten middle fingers
w/ permanent warpaint made from bile smeared
beneath both eyes
i’ll be the one w/ spiderwebbed windows
of the soul
w/ tornado solar plexus
w/ rivulets of tears straight down to busted soles
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Today’s LittleNip:
Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.
―Cyril Connolly, The New Statesman, February 25, 1933
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—Medusa, welcoming back Rob Plath, with thanks for his fine poetry today!
A reminder that the
13th Annual MoSt Poetry Festival
will take place in Turlock, CA
this Saturday, starting at 10am,
with guest poet/facilitator
Michael Meyerhofer.
For info about this and other
future poetry happenings in
Northern California and otherwheres,
click on
UPCOMING NORCAL EVENTS
(http://medusaskitchen.blogspot.com/p/wtf.html)
in the links at the top of this page—
and keep an eye on this link and on
the daily Kitchen for happenings
that might pop up
—or get changed!—
during the week.
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work from all over the world—including
that which was previously published—
and collaborations are welcome.
Just remember:
the snakes of Medusa are always hungry—
for poetry, of course!
13th Annual MoSt Poetry Festival
will take place in Turlock, CA
this Saturday, starting at 10am,
with guest poet/facilitator
Michael Meyerhofer.
For info about this and other
future poetry happenings in
Northern California and otherwheres,
click on
UPCOMING NORCAL EVENTS
(http://medusaskitchen.blogspot.com/p/wtf.html)
in the links at the top of this page—
and keep an eye on this link and on
the daily Kitchen for happenings
that might pop up
—or get changed!—
during the week.
Photos in this column can be enlarged by
clicking on them once, then clicking on the x
in the top right corner to come back to Medusa.
Poets’ bios appear on their first MK visit.
To find previous posts, type the name
of the poet (or poem) into the little
beige box at the top left-hand side
of this column. See also
Medusa’s Rapsheet at the bottom
of the blue column on the right
side of this column to find
any date you want.
Miss a post?
You can find our most recent ones by
scrolling down under this daily one.
Or there's an "Older Posts" button
at the bottom of this column.
(Please excuse typos in older posts!
Blogspot has been through a lot of
incarnations in 20 years!)
Would you like to be a SnakePal?
Guidelines are at the top of this page
at the Placating the Gorgon link;
send poetry and/or photos and artwork
to kathykieth@hotmail.com. We post
work from all over the world—including
that which was previously published—
and collaborations are welcome.
Just remember:
the snakes of Medusa are always hungry—
for poetry, of course!
