Birds with Fish
right in with his birds
wild birds
in which birding is his sight
singing in birds
this is his intrinsic birding,
in night
“I think,
bird thinks,
I with bird —
light —
fish —
light —
bright,
still in mind,
bright
in big vivid bits
pink light
light in light
fish still
30 blind fish
fish wind light
in his film
fish minds light
in his
swimming
in his
kissing.
Sources:
Brotman, Barbara. “Bird-watching with an expert: Author-illustrator turns trail guide for small band of enthusiasts”. Chicago Tribune. 11 April 2014: 4.
Hayes, John. “The truth behind trout eyesight”. Chicago Tribune digitalPLUS magazine. 11 April 2014: 14.
Lodge, Guy. “Brothers wrestle with death, angst”. Chicago Tribune. 11 April 2014: Arts + Entertainment, 4.
The prompt:
A univocalic text is one written with a single vowel. It is consequently a lipogram in all the other vowels. If he had been univocally minded, Hamlet might have exclaimed, “Be? Never be? Perplexed quest: seek the secret!” All words used must be sourced from your newspaper.
http://www.foundpoetryreview.com/blog/oulipost-11-univocalism/
Oh wow wow wow. This is spectacular. It was love at first bird for me.
Yes, this is super delicious! Very nice imagery “in big vivid bits” and “in his / kissing.” Mixing articles certainly allows for more variety. I usually use only one article in the interests of time. Thanks!
So lyrical! What a beautiful piece!
I’m so glad that Margo directed me to your Oulipost. Exquisite piece. I really love it.
I love this.
For me, it’s channelling E.E. Cummings…and beautifully so. 🙂
Wow, what an amazing compliment! Thank you. I love e.e.