[New-Poetry] "Reconstructive Landscapes"

[Halvard Johnson]

I'm pleased that you think so, Anny. Good
to read on this morning of the new day.

Hal

           CLO ED
               FOR
       REN VATION

Halvard Johnson
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On May 2, 2006, at 5:46 PM, Anny Ballardini wrote:

> On the verge of the new day, see tomorrow, I think this is an  
> excellent poem,
> Anny
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Halvard Johnson"  
> <halvard at earthlink.net>
> To: "New-Poetry New-Poetry" <new-poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 11:39 PM
> Subject: [New-Poetry] "Reconstructive Landscapes"
>
>
>>
>> Reconstructive Landscapes
>>
>> 1.
>> Guest aestheticians pell-mell into our newly enfranchised
>> options, minding their manners. Their full-grown sensibilities
>>
>> comprise the grammatical codes of early 21st-century thought
>> more than is often recognized. Malleable injunctions
>>
>> and freshness of topic are their touchstones. So many butterfly
>> wings, so little time. More real than snow and lilies,
>>
>> they pounce when the door to the dining-room opens.
>> Successful modifications arise when they are most needed.
>>
>> 2.
>> Humble particulars reflect usual fondness for dream language,
>> its cubes and prisms. Undaunted by classical physics,
>>
>> they invent their own contexts, mercurial disorders leading
>> them quickly on from one thing to the next.
>>
>> Dimming the universal, they offer convincing evidence of
>> quotidian spontaneity, eschewing delusionary metaphor.
>>
>> The world and its secrets rise from their window-boxes
>> obscuring both inner and outer strains of thought.
>>
>> 3.
>> Here now, our most devout stipulations: that something
>> must come of it all, that we find uses for everything,
>>
>> but innovative nomenclature brings us not one iota
>> of true satisfaction. More real than shadow,
>>
>> we swarm in the pool, though no lifeguard was present.
>> Lyrical Intensity joins us for dinner, her methods
>>
>> on view for all to behold. Efficacious unsettlings,
>> we do really love them. Isn't that so?
>>
>>
>>
>> Hal
>>
>> Halvard Johnson
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