tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post5341588186082291692..comments2024-01-28T03:56:39.351-08:00Comments on TOM CLARK: Drive-byUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-63078728902418576602012-09-12T11:29:13.143-07:002012-09-12T11:29:13.143-07:00Love this, Tom. It's comforting to know that w...Love this, Tom. It's comforting to know that whenever I visit, there's something waiting for me that will make my days better. Robbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12312524900784740898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-16004825193328675522012-09-11T03:40:44.462-07:002012-09-11T03:40:44.462-07:00Thanks so much people. Your brilliant input enable...Thanks so much people. Your brilliant input enables the essential carrying-on. (Struggling upstream wasn't built in a day, nor on one struggler's wits alone.) <br /><br />Hazen's "shopping cart as burial wagon" -- indeed! -- put us in mind of:<br /><br /><a href="http://tomclarkblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/market.html" rel="nofollow">Market</a><br /><br />And to the same generous friend we owe also the spark ("The Ur delusion") that has ignited this flash from our unflagging Correspondent of the Many Waters: <br /><a href="http://tomclarkblog.blogspot.com/2012/09/susan-kay-anderson-humpies-our-time-so.html" rel="nofollow"><br />Susan Kay Anderson: Humpies ("our time so short")</a><br /><br />What better thing in this life so short than an unselfish group effort?TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-57221191017137395732012-09-10T19:14:10.485-07:002012-09-10T19:14:10.485-07:00Susan, I love everything about "(also)"
...Susan, I love everything about "(also)"<br />"The invisible potlatch". Yes.<br /><br />Jon Rafman's selection of outtakes is indeed scary and amazing, Tom . . . and disturbing. Snapshots from a planetary madhouse. Thanks to Nora for the link.Hazenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13417573435195561519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-88973451453091109052012-09-10T13:50:33.411-07:002012-09-10T13:50:33.411-07:00(also)
The Uhr delusion--
our time so short
what t...(also)<br />The Uhr delusion--<br />our time so short<br />what to do <br />but give way<br />to give it away<br />invisible potlatch<br />glimpsed<br />during the drive-by<br />humpies struggling<br />in the shallows<br />just past the deep end.Susan Kay Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16277139119869470939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-88534523194713702882012-09-10T12:01:29.769-07:002012-09-10T12:01:29.769-07:00Things inside out
what should be in
is out
unplug...Things inside out<br />what should be in <br />is out<br />unplugged, rusting.<br />Nights spent<br />a few hours<br />in the dryness<br />of the Post Office<br />3:30 ante meridiem<br /><br />then moving to the couch<br />before seeking bushes<br />for sleeping<br />so tired the traffic<br />the least<br />of my worries<br />you cannot imagine<br />the list.Susan Kay Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16277139119869470939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-3921036037997514772012-09-10T11:43:49.318-07:002012-09-10T11:43:49.318-07:00Stuff hangs around.
Some things refuse to be used...Stuff hangs around. <br />Some things refuse to be used up.<br />Something remains <br />even when there’s nothing there<br />anymore—<br />“useful lifetime” consumed,<br />productivity worn to the bone, <br />“useful consciousness’’ gone dark<br />expired.<br /><br />The ur-delusion:<br />we can make this work, <br />this civilization thing. <br />We’ll fix it in the final mix.<br />It’ll be boffo. You’ll see.<br /><br />Right planet,<br />wrong species.<br />We tried.<br />Back to zero.<br /><br />Shopping cart as burial wagon.Hazenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13417573435195561519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-10939275050494719572012-09-10T10:48:49.191-07:002012-09-10T10:48:49.191-07:00Nora, Jon Rafman's blown-up street views leave...Nora, Jon Rafman's blown-up <a href="http://9-eyes.com/" rel="nofollow">street views</a> leave no question as to whether Big Brother's eyeball is upon us at all times and in all places. Scary and amazing.<br /><br />The world's little wooden bowl of grief spills over into the street.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-85848485670012538372012-09-10T10:33:37.534-07:002012-09-10T10:33:37.534-07:00Grief exists in a little wooden bowl
I show to oth...Grief exists in a little wooden bowl<br />I show to others<br />It looks like I am begging<br />For them to see it<br />Her absence very present<br />It is a puzzle I do not want<br />Although the bowl is very small<br />It is still too big for me<br />Actually, The World’s Most Difficult Puzzle<br />Cut from an obscure landscape, unappealing<br />Like this poem, it was carved<br /> From very soft wood<br />The area an old burn<br />Sanding it smooth takes the most effort<br />My intention is supposed to be beauty<br />Yet it is the beast who is my focus<br />Drinking from strange water<br />A routine that is intense, natural, blind.<br />Anatomical. A heart, realistically speaking.<br /><br />A visitor broke up the tedium<br />Of the reports—news of the<br />Sudden appearance. It was a logger,<br />A worker, she said. Mystery<br />Not quite solved but suddenly<br />Made infinite. Interesting. Distracting.<br />To never fit into this world.Susan Kay Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16277139119869470939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-50974092738585038182012-09-10T09:54:54.475-07:002012-09-10T09:54:54.475-07:00Have you seen these photos captured by Google stre...Have you seen these photos captured by Google street view? <br /><br />http://9-eyes.com/Norahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14439557611640319928noreply@blogger.com