Louie Skipper: Every Guide
Even in death a man who sets out to find himself
has already lost his way.
Louie Skipper: Yellow Dust
Is it true the moment of my dying (which has borrowed
so much brightness from the sun) will demand
such satisfaction from me that I will be
blinded by my own last words?
Louie Skipper: The Beginning
I keep trying to persuade my father
into a better opinion of me now that he is dead.
Louie Skipper: Staying put, the contented man looks inward
A poem in my own hand
that goes on without my help or knowledge.
James Crews: God Particles
Call them God if you must
these messengers that bring hard evidence
of what I once was and where I have been…
Louie Skipper: The Night Nurse
Why are Hieronymus Bosch and Salvador Dali still not speaking after passing through the Crab Nebula together? . Was it necessary for Shakespeare to become anonymous before being made immortal? … Continue reading
Louie Skipper: Startled Again
3 a.m: Startled again in the mirror by my huge head.
Louie Skipper: A single minute
What great assemblies must come to order
before summer can begin?
Louie Skipper: How did John Keats breathe
Where is the bronze statue to the drunk
who shared a cell
in the Concord jail with Thoreau?
Louie Skipper: Which do crows find most ridiculous
Which do crows find most ridiculous, our laughter or our applause? Beware of the pelican that ignores you. Not yet having formed the waters what had God eaten … Continue reading
Louie Skipper: The Work Ethic of the Common Fly
In the work ethic of the common fly the earth remembers who we are, and where. Who fears the voice that is never at rest and always on the … Continue reading
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