Re: since people are sending poems

[E Geist <i_scoobysnak at yahoo_com>]

--- Bethany Keeley <blk4 at calvin_edu> wrote:
> okay, one person did.  But here's one I wrote over
> the last two
> days.  I'm not sure its been alive long enough to
> know if its
> good or not.  

oh, i just spoke to it - it told me it knows it's good
:-)

> I like to let them ferment, usually.

me too.  i like to tinker.  and shoot for the most
complicated, difficult, ridiculous things...
syllabics?

> After the Ice Storm
> 
> It lines each branch
> Making glittering intricate shapes
> Like a blown glass forest
> Life-size.
> 
> That ice that transformed those birches
> Into magical crystal
> Is heavy on their branches
> 
> Some of them break under the weight
> With a magnificent crack
> And exposed wood
> Light brown and fresh like skin.
> 
> They fall on the glittering ground,
> Those branches.
> Splendid carnage
> Even in this world of surreal beauty.
> 
> -Bethany Keeley
> 2003


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