The BlueIris Semi-Nightly Poetry Break, 6/17/08

[BlueIris]

"Alpha Images"

A

In the beginning
God climbed Louis Zukofsky's
pocket step ladder.

B

We see from above
she faces east, her bosom
of the matriarch.

C

No great mystery,
he that rears on one hind leg.
Pegasus' hoof print.

D

Alfred Hitchcock as
pregnant with the devil as
with a certain air.

E

Where is the handle
and what hand stuck this pitchfork
into a snowbank?

F

Stand it on the moon
for a nation of ants, who
know not where they live.

G

Balancing a tray
with one hand, the other hand
poised to pluck the veil.

H

The minimalist's
gate to hell and heaven, these
corridors of light.

I

Blind to what's ahead,
behind, the ego takes this
pillar for a name.

J

Take pity on this
tattered parasol—too chic
for junk or joystick.

K

What looks like a squawk
is to the ear a moth or
butterfly, clinging.

L

Lest we should deny
the etheral we have
the hypotenuse.

M

Dragging its belly,
a mechanical spider,
its nose to the ground.

N

A scene from Up North
on a postcard, a timber
frozen as it's felled.

O

The rim of the moon.
Peephole into an igloo.
Shadow of a zero.

P

How you choose to hold
it determines the weapon.
You may need tweezers.

Q

Might this be the light
at the end of the tunnel,
the visible path?

R

Head, shoulders, and chest—
who's the cameo inside
this dressmaker's bust?

S

Suppose our hero
tore the spent fuse from the stick.
Say the sound of it.

T

Thought you can't see what
road you're on, the sign ahead
reads like calvary.

U

More mind than matter
is symmetry's mirror. You
should be that lucky.

V

V is for virgin.
Whether spread or locked, her legs
are the point of view.

W

Symbol of tungsten
and the filament itself,
its light is the white.

X

North—as if a place
as much as idea—four
needles pointing there.

Y

This flower has bloomed,
become so huge as to dwarf
both stem and petals.

Z

Swordplay with air—zip
zip zip—stitches which seem a
bout to disappear.

—Karl Elder

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear BlueIris!

Where do you find these?

The alphabet for adults...

Strange!

Thanks!

:hi:

[BlueIris]

3. "The alphabet for adults." Hee. Right on. nt

[RetroLounge]

2. Oh, that's cool!

thanks!

:hi:

RL

[BlueIris]

4. Thanks! I almost posted something else tonight, so I'm glad readers like this one. nt

[BlueIris]

5. Kick.