Milan Begliarbekov
poem at dusk
to Charles Baudelaire
not yet intoxicated, i stand atune
to the possibility of
untapped metaphor
on the subway platfrom
yes!
let's ride this train
spring is come
____________________
go
tend to your
loose tooth
avoid
snow
piles
and
rethink
the inter(r)im
of winter grammar
____________________
la luce
the decadent music
con-
jured
by an early morning wind
deprives
tree of leaf
and
reveals
the intricate logic
of sun’s
cooperation with
flemish masonry
____________________
elsewhere, a poem
naked
under the universe’s
warm glow
a faucet leaks
as dawn distills
the morning air
____________________
a poem to J.M.
emptied
cicada
shells
left by
a yellowed
street sign
where
the thin
old man
used to walk
____________________
passage:
in automobile's
wake
firs
serrate
the air
against
a highway’s
edge
____________________
after René Char
In wrapping her breath around a window’s edge
She momentarily entangles her body with
The spirit of virgin snow
____________________
HE
he arrives by bus
clutches briefcase
with purchased lunch,
he wears his finest suit,
a laundered shirt,
only he can build
a kingdom among twigs
to Charles Baudelaire
not yet intoxicated, i stand atune
to the possibility of
untapped metaphor
on the subway platfrom
yes!
let's ride this train
spring is come
____________________
go
tend to your
loose tooth
avoid
snow
piles
and
rethink
the inter(r)im
of winter grammar
____________________
la luce
the decadent music
con-
jured
by an early morning wind
deprives
tree of leaf
and
reveals
the intricate logic
of sun’s
cooperation with
flemish masonry
____________________
elsewhere, a poem
naked
under the universe’s
warm glow
a faucet leaks
as dawn distills
the morning air
____________________
a poem to J.M.
emptied
cicada
shells
left by
a yellowed
street sign
where
the thin
old man
used to walk
____________________
passage:
in automobile's
wake
firs
serrate
the air
against
a highway’s
edge
____________________
after René Char
In wrapping her breath around a window’s edge
She momentarily entangles her body with
The spirit of virgin snow
____________________
HE
he arrives by bus
clutches briefcase
with purchased lunch,
he wears his finest suit,
a laundered shirt,
only he can build
a kingdom among twigs