_MG_4131s: photo by Ilya Shtutsa, 7 November 2017
Do Not Seek the Treasure
On everything there is
to eat, I add salt.
This is the fault of the
food, I believe.
Of all things that are
white, I most dislike snow.
I know it’s pretty but
that’s no longer enough.
To fall asleep, I dream
of basketball.
I am very tall in the
dream. I slam dunk.
Once, long ago, I lived
in perpetual fear.
But this year I shall
crush my foes to crumbs.
I hate to bathe but I
like being clean.
I mean what I say, but
not literally.
I wish my sister didn’t
live so far away.
The day is always
brighter with her in it.
I long to pray, but I’m
an atheist.
I exist to escort God to
the exit.
I could spend all my
time talking on the phone.
You groan when I come up
on your caller i.d.
When I get cold, I just
put on another shirt.
When I hurt, I take a
pill and watch a movie.
I spend most of my time in the past.
It’s vast and
entertaining, and I know how it ends.
Untitled [Istanbul]: photo by Metin Ekin, 31 December 2016
Untitled [Istanbul]: photo by Metin Ekin, 31 December 2016
Untitled [Istanbul]: photo by Metin Ekin, 31 December 2016
Eat Me
First you carved off an arm and dipped
it in that gravy we always loved so much.
The one from our favorite restaurant
back when we would always go out
for a bite. You wiped your mouth
with your sleeve before sawing
off a leg. Yum yum, you said excitedly
as you chomped into it. I barely felt
anything, which was strange, if you
ask me. You were a mess. People
were bringing you hot towels
and Purell hand sanitizer so you
could wipe all the gook and gore
off your face and claws. I laughed
when you belched and farted.
It was only when you reached
into my open chest cavity and
yanked my heart out that I got
a little nervous. Damn, this looks
tasty, you said, smacking your lips.
Pablo Neruda said get up, row your boat,
seek consolation in sex and the earth.
His poems grew fat and happy, while
oblivion stalked him night and day.
Ashbery told us to take our hands off
the controls. Quote the voices in your
head. Work only at night, only in bed.
Do not believe a word he said.
Emily Dickinson will take you to her tomb—
I mean room—so you can see through
her in the pale moonlight. Only when you
get there, she has disappeared from view.
Marianne Moore says, see, look, there’s
unicorns and hard things, weasels and sweet
air from foreign climes. We say tell us, tell
us, please. Come down off your trapeze.
Ted Berrigan instructs us to wake up
before it’s too late. For what? At the party people
are smoking and drinking. It’s 10:27 pm, Saturday,
the city dazzling, intimate, and forever young.
When in Rome: photo by Guido Caltabiano, 10 April 2017
When in Rome: photo by Guido Caltabiano, 10 April 2017
with special dispensation of St Anthony
Temptations of St Anthony by Michelangelo (his first known painting c. 1487) #feastday: image via Joseph @joecam79, 16 January 2018
Temptations of St Anthony by Hieronymus Bosch (circa 1500) #feastday: image via Joseph @joecam79, 16 January 2018
Temptations of St Anthony by Master of the Osservanza Triptych (c. 1435) #feastday: image via Joseph @joecam79, 16 January 2018
"It is certain that that which appeared was #gold. And Anthony marvelled at the quantity, but passed it by as though he were going over #fire; so he did not even turn, but hurried on at a #run to lose sight of the place." Life of #StAnthony #Athanasius: image via drunk_monk @drunk_monk, 17 January 2018
"His soul was free from blemish, for it was neither contracted as if by #grief, nor relaxed by #pleasure, nor possessed by #laughter or dejection, for he was not troubled when he beheld the crowd, nor #overjoyed at being saluted by so many." Life of #StAnthony #Athanasius: image via drunk_monk @drunk_monk, 17 January 2018
"For he had given such heed to what was #read that none of the things that were written fell from him to the #ground, but he remembered all, and afterwards his #memory served him for #book." Life of #StAnthony #Athanasius: image via drunk_monk @drunk_monk, 17 January 2018
A Rohingya refugee boy who is among those being relocated from a camp near the Bangladesh Myanmar border looks out from the window of a bus as he is brought to the Balukhali refugee camp, 50 kilometres (32 miles) from, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018. Bangladesh and Myanmar have agreed that they will try to complete the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees who fled from violence in Myanmar within two years, Bangladesh's Foreign Ministry said.: photo by Manish Swarup/AP, 18 January 2018
A woman stands in a doorway smoking a cigarette as soldiers take part in a surprise operation in the Jacarezinho slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018. Troops have been sent to Rio due to the increase of the violence, and in an attempt to help restore order, but so far have had little impact. The operation on Thursday took place three weeks ahead of Carnival, when thousands of tourists are expected to arrive in the city.: photo by Leo Correa/AP, 18 January 2018
A woman stands in a doorway smoking a cigarette as soldiers take part in a surprise operation in the Jacarezinho slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018. Troops have been sent to Rio due to the increase of the violence, and in an attempt to help restore order, but so far have had little impact. The operation on Thursday took place three weeks ahead of Carnival, when thousands of tourists are expected to arrive in the city.: photo by Leo Correa/AP, 18 January 2018
Neighbor Avery Sanchez, 6, walks with his mother, Liza Tozier to drop off his large "Teddy" as a gift for the children who lived on a home where police arrested a couple on Sunday accused of holding 13 children captive in Perris, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018. The parents of 13 children and young adults have pleaded not guilty in a California court to numerous charges that they tortured and abused the siblings for years. David and Louise Turpin were each ordered held on $12 million bail after entering their pleas Thursday and were scheduled to return to court on Feb. 23.: photo by Damian Dovarganes/AP, 18 January 2018
A Syrian boy shields himself from the rain and cold wearing a plastic bag while he sells bread in Aleppo, Syria, Friday, Jan. 19, 2018. Turkey's defense minister said Friday there is no turning back from his country's decision to launch a ground assault on a Syrian Kurdish-controlled enclave in northwest Syria, saying the offensive had "de facto" started with the sporadic Turkish military shelling of the area.: photo by Hassan Ammar/AP, 19 January 2018)
A Rohingya Hindu boy sits at the doorway of his tent while women prepare food at the refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Friday, Jan. 19, 2018. A Bangladesh official says Rohingya refugees are continuing to flee from Myanmar into Bangladesh, even after the two countries said they will begin repatriating members of the minority ethnic group next week. More than 650,000 Rohingya Muslims poured into Bangladesh after Myanmar's military launched a brutal crackdown against them in August.: photo by Manish Swarup/AP, 19 January 2018
A Rohingya Hindu boy sits at the doorway of his tent while women prepare food at the refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Friday, Jan. 19, 2018. A Bangladesh official says Rohingya refugees are continuing to flee from Myanmar into Bangladesh, even after the two countries said they will begin repatriating members of the minority ethnic group next week. More than 650,000 Rohingya Muslims poured into Bangladesh after Myanmar's military launched a brutal crackdown against them in August.: photo by Manish Swarup/AP, 19 January 2018
A crane lifts a Boeing 737-800 of Turkey's Pegasus Airlines, during an operation to lift it from a slope in Trabzon, Turkey, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018. Turkish authorities lifted the passenger plane that skidded off a runway in northern Turkey and stopped on the side of a slope meters away from the Black Sea, late Saturday. All passengers and crew were evacuated and no one was injured.: photo by Turkay Albayak/AP, 18 January 2018
A crane lifts a Boeing 737-800 of Turkey's Pegasus Airlines, during an operation to lift it from a slope in Trabzon, Turkey, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018. Turkish authorities lifted the passenger plane that skidded off a runway in northern Turkey and stopped on the side of a slope meters away from the Black Sea, late Saturday. All passengers and crew were evacuated and no one was injured.: photo by Turkay Albayak/AP, 18 January 2018
Big Bird [Brighton]: photo by TAVEPONG PRATOOMWONG, 18 January 2018
Two-year-old cat 'Onis' waits to be blessed by a priest in Spain on the day of Saint Anthony, patron saint of animals: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterpictures, 21 January 2018
Temptations of St Anthony by Salvador Dali (1946) #feastday: image via Joseph @joecam79, 16 January 2018
Temptations of St Anthony by Michelangelo (his first known painting c. 1487) #feastday: image via Joseph @joecam79, 16 January 2018
Temptations of St Anthony by Hieronymus Bosch (circa 1500) #feastday: image via Joseph @joecam79, 16 January 2018
Temptations of St Anthony by Master of the Osservanza Triptych (c. 1435) #feastday: image via Joseph @joecam79, 16 January 2018
"It is certain that that which appeared was #gold. And Anthony marvelled at the quantity, but passed it by as though he were going over #fire; so he did not even turn, but hurried on at a #run to lose sight of the place." Life of #StAnthony #Athanasius: image via drunk_monk @drunk_monk, 17 January 2018
"His soul was free from blemish, for it was neither contracted as if by #grief, nor relaxed by #pleasure, nor possessed by #laughter or dejection, for he was not troubled when he beheld the crowd, nor #overjoyed at being saluted by so many." Life of #StAnthony #Athanasius: image via drunk_monk @drunk_monk, 17 January 2018
"For he had given such heed to what was #read that none of the things that were written fell from him to the #ground, but he remembered all, and afterwards his #memory served him for #book." Life of #StAnthony #Athanasius: image via drunk_monk @drunk_monk, 17 January 2018
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Rohingya refugee boy who is among those being relocated from a camp
near the Bangladesh Myanmar border looks out from the window of a bus as
he is brought to the Balukhali refugee camp, Jan. 18, 2018. | Photo
Manish Swarup: image via AP Images @AP_Images, 18 January 2018
A Rohingya refugee boy who is among those being relocated from a camp near the Bangladesh Myanmar border looks out from the window of a bus as he is brought to the Balukhali refugee camp, 50 kilometres (32 miles) from, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018. Bangladesh and Myanmar have agreed that they will try to complete the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees who fled from violence in Myanmar within two years, Bangladesh's Foreign Ministry said.: photo by Manish Swarup/AP, 18 January 2018
A woman stands in a doorway smoking a cigarette as soldiers take part in a surprise operation in the Jacarezinho slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018. Troops have been sent to Rio due to the increase of the violence, and in an attempt to help restore order, but so far have had little impact. The operation on Thursday took place three weeks ahead of Carnival, when thousands of tourists are expected to arrive in the city.: photo by Leo Correa/AP, 18 January 2018
A woman stands in a doorway smoking a cigarette as soldiers take part in a surprise operation in the Jacarezinho slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018. Troops have been sent to Rio due to the increase of the violence, and in an attempt to help restore order, but so far have had little impact. The operation on Thursday took place three weeks ahead of Carnival, when thousands of tourists are expected to arrive in the city.: photo by Leo Correa/AP, 18 January 2018
Neighbor Avery Sanchez, 6, walks with his mother, Liza Tozier to drop off his large "Teddy" as a gift for the children who lived on a home where police arrested a couple on Sunday accused of holding 13 children captive in Perris, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018. The parents of 13 children and young adults have pleaded not guilty in a California court to numerous charges that they tortured and abused the siblings for years. David and Louise Turpin were each ordered held on $12 million bail after entering their pleas Thursday and were scheduled to return to court on Feb. 23.: photo by Damian Dovarganes/AP, 18 January 2018
With more than 300 refugees and migrants on board, Spanish NGO @openarms_fund's ship arrived in Italy today after sea rescue: Photo @SantiPalacios: image via AP Images @AP_Images, 19 January 2018
With more than 300 refugees and migrants on board, Spanish NGO @openarms_fund's ship arrived in Italy today after sea rescue: Photo @SantiPalacios: image via AP Images @AP_Images, 19 January 2018
With more than 300 refugees and migrants on board, Spanish NGO @openarms_fund's ship arrived in Italy today after sea rescue: Photo @SantiPalacios: image via AP Images @AP_Images, 19 January 2018
In this Friday Jan. 19,
2018 photo women and children from Eritrea sing and pray to celebrate
their arrival to Europe aboard the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms
rescue vessel, Pozzallo, Sicily, Italy.: photo by Santi Palacios/AP, 19 January 2018
With more than 300 refugees and migrants on board, Spanish NGO @openarms_fund's ship arrived in Italy today after sea rescue: Photo @SantiPalacios: image via AP Images @AP_Images, 19 January 2018
A Syrian boy shields himself from the rain and cold wearing a plastic bag while he sells bread in Aleppo, Syria, Friday, Jan. 19, 2018. Turkey's defense minister said Friday there is no turning back from his country's decision to launch a ground assault on a Syrian Kurdish-controlled enclave in northwest Syria, saying the offensive had "de facto" started with the sporadic Turkish military shelling of the area.: photo by Hassan Ammar/AP, 19 January 2018)
A Rohingya Hindu boy sits at the doorway of his tent while women prepare food at the refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Friday, Jan. 19, 2018. A Bangladesh official says Rohingya refugees are continuing to flee from Myanmar into Bangladesh, even after the two countries said they will begin repatriating members of the minority ethnic group next week. More than 650,000 Rohingya Muslims poured into Bangladesh after Myanmar's military launched a brutal crackdown against them in August.: photo by Manish Swarup/AP, 19 January 2018
A Rohingya Hindu boy sits at the doorway of his tent while women prepare food at the refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Friday, Jan. 19, 2018. A Bangladesh official says Rohingya refugees are continuing to flee from Myanmar into Bangladesh, even after the two countries said they will begin repatriating members of the minority ethnic group next week. More than 650,000 Rohingya Muslims poured into Bangladesh after Myanmar's military launched a brutal crackdown against them in August.: photo by Manish Swarup/AP, 19 January 2018
#23: photo by Shweta Agarwal, 16 January 2018
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, center, and Ivanka Trump, left, listen as President Donald Trump speaks with reporters during a tour of H and K Equipment Company on a visit to promote his tax and economic plan, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, in Coraopolis, Penn.: photo by Evan Vucci/AP, 18 January 2018
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reasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, center, and Ivanka Trump, left, listen as President Donald Trump speaks with reporters during a tour of H and K Equipment Company on a visit to promote his tax and economic plan, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, in Coraopolis, Penn.: photo by Evan Vucci/AP, 18 January 2018
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, center, and Ivanka Trump, left, listen as President Donald Trump speaks with reporters during a tour of H and K Equipment Company on a visit to promote his tax and economic plan, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, in Coraopolis, Penn.: photo by Evan Vucci/AP, 18 January 2018
T
reasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, center, and Ivanka Trump, left, listen as President Donald Trump speaks with reporters during a tour of H and K Equipment Company on a visit to promote his tax and economic plan, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, in Coraopolis, Penn.: photo by Evan Vucci/AP, 18 January 2018
A Bhopal story [Bhopal, India]: photo by Silvia Alessi, 15 August 2017
A crane lifts a Boeing 737-800 of Turkey's Pegasus Airlines, during an operation to lift it from a slope in Trabzon, Turkey, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018. Turkish authorities lifted the passenger plane that skidded off a runway in northern Turkey and stopped on the side of a slope meters away from the Black Sea, late Saturday. All passengers and crew were evacuated and no one was injured.: photo by Turkay Albayak/AP, 18 January 2018
A crane lifts a Boeing 737-800 of Turkey's Pegasus Airlines, during an operation to lift it from a slope in Trabzon, Turkey, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018. Turkish authorities lifted the passenger plane that skidded off a runway in northern Turkey and stopped on the side of a slope meters away from the Black Sea, late Saturday. All passengers and crew were evacuated and no one was injured.: photo by Turkay Albayak/AP, 18 January 2018
Dylan: Forever Young (live, Cardiff Arena, 2000)
ReplyDeleteThanks for running these poems, Tom. Always good to wander Beyond the Pale. Good to see St. Anthony out and about as well.
ReplyDeleteDylan: Highlands (live, Worcester, 14 November 1999)
ReplyDeleteDylan: My Back Pages (live, Toronto, 29 October 1998)
Dylan: Every Grain of Sand (live, Toronto, 29 October 1998)
Our pleasure Terry. Everything here apart from your genius contribution was provoked by thoughts upon St Tony running past that ball of gold. Put me in mind of you naturally.
ReplyDeleteSketch must come from his forever young tour. He looks totally 100% forever young, wuncha say? Or possibly blind? Certainly scared.
Running away from those balls of gold can get old pretty quick.
Well, ok, maybe not scared.
ReplyDeleteCertainly radiating less generalized apprehension about the situation and possible outcome than for example the body language of those huddled January St Petersburg restaurant customers in the wonderful perfect-moment top shot by Ilya Shtutsa.
Maybe by that time balls of gold were already getting to look a bit passé?