oh yes, poetry month

[timeripple]

I'd really like to write a long, thoughtful post about how Nobunaga no Chef is amazing and full of historical figures bursting into song and cape-swishing. But I've got a lot of reading to do tonight, so have a poem instead.

"On Finding a Bird Skull"

If she wants
to say bird
not finch
not starling
not snipe

let her

They all have
rough tongues
hollow bones
heads
made mostly

of eye

(Rebecca Farivar, from Correct Animal, Octopus Books, 2011).

Comments

[snowqueenofhoth.livejournal.com]

I like this. :)

[idiosyncreant.livejournal.com]

This is going in the commonplace book!
I tried to write poetry this month, but I meant to read more, too.
I need to go looking for some recent-ish poetry... any recommendations would be appreciated!

(I was going to just not comment on writing on this older post, figuring you'd read the last one anyway, but...sorry! COME TO TUMBLRRRRR)