Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Friday, November 14, 2014

9 days -- change in a tree, a view, a color............ . .


november 5. 2014

november 14, 2014





AN HOUR WITHOUT COLOR

An hour without color before snow
a tinge of brown in the oak leaf
a hint of green in the pine: "gray"
is too much to say of what's left
the sea dissolved into white sky
the woods a matted mass webbed with shreds
of last week's faded storm: then
it is snowing, it is now, I see
 the particles making a grain across things
half visible half not, sifting
the light from the scene like a thief
who steals what we slowly realize
we can do without, are better off without:
the colors of things afflicting our eyes


CHAMBERED NAUTILUS

How many rooms one occupies to lead
a life!—the child's small cell, within earshot
of his parents' smothered moans; the college room
assigned by number, a poster-clad outpost
of freedom; the married man's bedchamber,
cramped scene of glad possession and sneaking sorrow;
the holiday rental, redolent of salt
and sun and other people's cast-off dakys'
the capstone mansion with its curtained pomp;
the businessman's hotel, a one-night stand
whose trim twin beds and TV sketch a dream
of habitation soon forgot; the chill
guest room; the pricey white hospital space,
where now the moaning has become one's own.



2 of 13 poems from
NOT CANCELLED YET
by JOHN UPDIKE
2003

a limited edition of letterpress
Limberlost Press 2003
—found in the free section of mesa public library, los alamos, nm
11.14.2014


recent RAKU STONEWARE suggesting play



Wednesday, October 15, 2014

PICKED BUCKWHEAT along the river this morning.......

noticing the range of color in this moment after a light freeze


purple mauve green yellow orange red




and then there's rick's turquoise raku glaze  —  red gold copper beigebrown turquoise blue marble


TURQUOISE STONEWARE STILL LIFE