sw00194p-poem24s2

Postures 2007:  #24 from Side Two



"Registration"

[ Explanation:  The following is what I call  

  a found poem/ because the content of it is 
  not mine, but the words of one David Max, 
  a student who (some 35 years ago) came 
  to me for registration counseling, which is  
  why the "Registration" title.  While there, 
  he asked about how a poem is written.  I   
  do not remember my response, or even if 
  I had one; but I decided to listen closely
  to him, hoping I could somehow use his 
  words--in the exact order he spoke them-- 
  to create an example of how a poem might   
  be written.  That is why I kept the 4-letter  
  word in it.  Only this poem's form is mine.  
  That is why I chose both his stress-filled 
  words of the moment and also those words he  
  used to reveal a certain more pleasant past.
  That is why I placed his words on the page 
  as I did, and why I presented our example  
  to him before he left.
  -
  The opportunities which foster poems can  
  come at any time from any where; therefore,  
  those who would write poems need to be ever/ 
  ready for them. ]

           for David Max


"Good grief!
Not gonna have any time to eat
on Thursdays

what with all these classes
during the noon hour--
shit!

Did I really
want
this schedule?

-

Took a trip once
to Oregon
with a friend

We spent
entire afternoons
tromping along rivers

not even the rain
stopped us--
we ate apples

& swam."





-------
Brian A. J. Salchert