Dying/broken/forgiven.... now I begin

Born: 17-06-56....gemini.... monkey
re-born: 3-09-80
born again\found: 14-04-08
other notable dates: 10-03-68; 03-09-87; 23-03-96;
1-05-98; 31-01-02; 5-04-04

Interests: movement, stressed/transgressive embodiment, lived experience (body\space\time\relation)
expression ( word, dance, text, image, story, music, poetics)
learning, yielding......

Hopes for the blog:
offer up the wild intersectedness of lived experience and engage others in creative, expressive, perhaps irreverant, hopefully playful, and respectful encounters....
enact kindness
create moments of pause for disclosure, discovery, stillness

Monday, May 13, 2019

VERTIGO



VERTIGO

The howling began with sounds and syllables, at first
only a buzz
responding at an elemental level to a terrifying felt sense

then, the words and phrases, wailing
axes off kilter
scrabbling and frantic tumbling 
swirling sickening confusion
tilt a whirling 
wild 
a perfect storm
a tear in the fabric
a poet is dead

his sweet wordplay lingers and murmurs
stays with me (us)
I (we) breathe gratitude
 I (we) breathe relief for his reprieve
and  I (we) grieve
this magnificent loss
no one else is 
Carl Leggo

wondering about his grand-daughter's three syllable name.... 
Madeline


the howling began with sounds and syllables
wondering, I am wondering
(my) vertigo at a fever pitch 
sliding off the table of the world 
still here, 
rocked by the randomness of who dies
in the arms of this wild devouring bramble beast
and who lives

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5 comments:

  1. GarthMay 20, 2019 at 7:07 AM

    mmm intriguing rabbit hole this - was he a a/r/tography colleague?

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  2. HarlequinMay 22, 2019 at 10:29 PM

    Yes-- he was the 'original' a/r/tographer.... and a fellow Newfoundlander.... such a loss.
    He would have LOVED your work...

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  3. alcholic poetMay 22, 2019 at 11:28 PM

    you're the real deal. wonderful imagery.

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  4. URGENT LOANMay 28, 2019 at 3:03 AM

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  5. HarlequinMay 28, 2019 at 10:01 PM

    softermaniac-- thanks for the visit and the comment. Great work at your site!!

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