Monday, April 30, 2012

*Yapa




April Thirtieth,
My baby's Twenty First month of life
Celebrated with his drawing
Celebrated circles, eyes, zigzags, coherent lines, dots
I cannot say when he started, few months ago?
But like all in his development
Suddenly you focus your attention, and there it is
The proof of coordination
Of meaning
Of intent
For the untrained eye
This section of the greater drawing is unintelligible
For the parent's eye
There is life in it
I share the life in him and in his drawing
Today, last day of this year's get-your-poet-out-of-the-woodwork
Tomorrow, first day in May, celebration for workers day
We will be celebrating with our baby art worker
"And thanks for all the fish"










*yapa = Argentinean for "an extra one,  free, as an act of kindness"

Flow, No End




Poems clean my soul
Poems nurture my mind
Like rivers in Spring 





Sunday, April 29, 2012

Cravings










Clouds, rains and colds.

Subtle ways for Spring

To make us crave for Summer







Saturday, April 28, 2012

Anguish





The night

Awakes my baby with tears.

No apparent cause

Just tears.

Alone he was

Wet in tears.

On my chest he rests

Full in tears.

We are born alone

He says in tears.

Dadai, cuddle me:

They are gone those fears.







 

Friday, April 27, 2012

Number Nine

27, 18, 36, 09, 72 multiples of number nine

An old numbers trick around number nine

Add the two digits to get number nine

Always, number nine



Thursday, April 26, 2012

magic


a dolphin's passing ghost 

wreaks magic in a childs mind

splish, water sounds, splash



Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Amarilla / Yellow

"te regalo una flor

que encontré en el camino"

cantaba Nico mientras cortaba una flor del jardín

extendiendo su manita,

sus ojitos dulces,

su voz que repetía

Pápa!



"I give you a flower

that I found by the road"

sang Nico while picking a flower from the yard

reaching with his little hand

with his soft eyes

with his voice repeating

Pappa!


















Tuesday, April 24, 2012

discussions around a cup of coffee

an argument in its right

rebukes an opposing thought

crossing each other in the night

Monday, April 23, 2012

Monday

is it Monday a day,

or the wish of a new begining,

or the bad consequence of a good weekend?

Sunday, April 22, 2012

drops of rain

my son

He met the rain today

more like He was annoyed by it

confused by the feeling of wet and cold

and Cold was the word He recently learned

and Cold got tagged also to the rain

and his mind is swirling

and his eyes

squinting



Saturday, April 21, 2012

Friday, April 20, 2012

appropriations









decisions of State
will never be questioned
arbitrary or not




missed

doubling up
at sunny train station
for yesterday's miss

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

noche

el dulce sueño

del niñito dormido

endulza la noche


sweet dream

by little boy asleep

sweetens night

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Power of Radio

three women share

with courage, integrity and humanity

one woman's hope for cure

Monday, April 16, 2012

contar to count

since

april fifteen

my baby now counts

uno, dos, tres...

waving his hand in the air

uno, dos...

smiling surprised at his new skill

uno...

showing proudly how old he is now

 

Sunday, April 15, 2012

dreams

he sleeps on the floor

breathing rhythmically lips parted

little prince dreaming



from tonights visiting poet, mi sweet wife

Saturday, April 14, 2012

imagine

robert doisneau-1943-le remorqueur du champ de mars


all around me all

my friends are having babies

one, two, three, surprise


all around me all

my boy and my wife

and i imagine us

 

 

 

 

image: robert-doisneau-1943-le-remorqueur-du-champ-de-mars

 

 

 

 

 

Friday, April 13, 2012

icecicles

lost for two days

phone found in the freezer

was winter in spring

 

Thursday, April 12, 2012

delicias

las manitas gordas

junto con su voz ronquita

juegan con la guitarra


his chunky hands

along with his husky voice

play on the guitar


 

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

nite nite

first come the stories

then the songs, note after note

in my arms sleeps a boy

 

 

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

o

Lúnes otra vez

Noche oscura y silenciosa

Tarde, tarde, con mi poesía


Monday again

Dark and silent night

Late, late, with my poetry

 

 

 

Monday, April 09, 2012

on Nico's learning

dolphins in the wild

dolphins in the aquarium

one conflicted mind


far and away

dolphins by Grannie's home

waters, swamp and sea


a mere mile away

a promise of protection

acquits their bondage?

Sunday, April 08, 2012

Easter-n

Eastern News today

It is snowing in Leipzig

Here, Blossom colors

Saturday, April 07, 2012

f l e x i n g

A poem a day

Daily word excercises

Sweat, my neurons, sweat!

Friday, April 06, 2012

Sixth

Rothko, opaque light

Shines on my Sleepy eyes

Here's my poem tonight


 

Thursday, April 05, 2012

Origins

long ago I, a child
running high mountains and plains
sprouting dreams and strengths




Anannya Dasgupta, contributor to the Daily Riyaaz (http://napowrimo2012.blogspot.com/), gave me a little primer on Haikus in English language and highlighted the need to focus on the economy of words, not the syllable metric. The English atvatar in her words, would better be synthesis in her proposed version. I keep both version as a testimony to learning. Thanks Annanya!!!



long ago a child
running high mountains
sprouted dreams

Wednesday, April 04, 2012

Nico

many winters passed

before i found who to love

now my son is here

 

Tuesday, April 03, 2012

Napo Three or Throos?

many goose are geese

but many moose are not meese

love that mines are yours

Monday, April 02, 2012

Napo Two

War drums sang aloud

No Fletcher Memorial in sight

Thirty years tonight

Sunday, April 01, 2012

Napo One

It's NaPoWriMonth

Spring's April fool for many

Serious for poets