Katherine Ann
A poor poet
divining Gail
The baby looked toward me
and I was born—
to sound, light
lift, life
beyond my life
She wiggles her toe
I grow
I go to school to her
and she to me
and to Bonnie
Poet's work
Grandfather
advised me:
Learn a trade
I learned
to sit at desk
and condense
No layoff
from this
condensery
My Life by Water
My life
by water—
Hear
spring's
first frog
or board
out on the cold
ground
giving
Muskrats
gnawing
doors
to wild green
arts and letters
Rabbits
raided
my lettuce
One boat
two—
pointed toward
my shore
thru birdstart
wingdrip
weed-drift
of the soft
and serious—
Water
*
Far reach
of sand
A man
bends to inspect
a shell
Himself
part coral
and mud
clam
Lorine Niedecker lived in Wisconsin.
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