WATERMARK

a poet’s notebook


Established 02004

Snapshot Poems 2010

  • Snapshot Haibun

      It's only habit that holds me together.                                                                         on the snow                                                                         in the garden                                                                                bird tracks [Severely edited 14 December 02010] Continue reading

  • snapshot poem 21 july 02010

    grief accumulates marbles in a leather bag cat eyes, shooters, steel dust in the corner stones in the heart feathers on the camel’s back it comes in storms, in waves, in small winds in large windsin stone walls you lean against it it leans against you you carry a village on your back a steep… Continue reading

  • 2010 Feb 24 – snapshot poem

    there are winged womenin my garden. there are two.no. three. they are heavy.they are made of iron. once they were the legsof an antique table. nowthey are poised to flyfrom the garden fence. and then there’s me. Continue reading

  • 2010 03 feb snapshot

    can i still write a snapshot poem? is it still in me? the sky is grey, but high earlier, there was a dull purple beneath  a glow  that made the sky seem higher  sparrows at the seed  and fighting in the vines  is it really the weaker sparrow  they gang up on?  maybe it’s a… Continue reading