Vicoletters

jan jan

2012-01-28T15:50:00.000-08:00

This first month grey
Gets a little long in the tooth
A dental film that keeps on looping
Relentless in minutes hours days of gloom
Rooms to roam and get lost in
Sliding down the hall in socks
And driving with EFE turned up high
Helps to beat away the blues
Brushing if not flossing
The snow is melting on the bird feeder
The squirrel is maxxed out
Tall tail
Peanuts claimed maimed devoured
Putting the yam jam in jan jan
Hawaiian impatiens impatient for spring

what in TarNation?

2012-01-22T13:40:00.000-08:00

Tar Nation?!
what bubbles up in Tar Nation
stays in Tar Nation
for now
ahhhhhhhhhhh
the land of miracle mud

what in TarNation?!
a little bit of
bit
you
men

New Year's Day Wasp

2012-01-04T11:36:00.000-08:00

On the 53rd parallel
The night of the first
Wings, hums and stinger
A groggy guest mid-winter
harbinger of industry
And slumbers
Word nests and wispy blankets
Unexpected visits from ethereal friends
Fading paper whites and crisp yellow jackets
There's a place for you next to the pomegranates
No need for resolutions
Fly as you are

bears

2011-12-13T15:52:00.000-08:00

sugar bears
honey bears
rice wine vinegar bears
black bears
brown bears
off white/burnished truffle bears
sun bears
moon bears
ball bearing bears
Teddy Roosevelt picnic bears
nitpicking picky bears
grizzly bears
dizzy bears
sad cannibal polar bears
dumpster diving downtown Vancouver bears
barely bearable dancing bears
sneezing
snoozing
hibernating
all in good time
bears

elevens

2011-11-28T20:43:00.000-08:00

kitten snuggle love up to thigh
stereo tubes tinkling settling ebbing
pre Christmas cactus blooms waning
(early pink upstarts fading on limbs)
avocado chip fingers sliding on keyboard
tasty tasty tasty
recollections of near miss wipeouts/icy sidewalks/Marx bros. composure
Sunday's freezing rain come Monday
talks in Durban balks in Durban time for serious time outs
time for change in Durban
approaching the eleventh hour of the eleventh month
in the year of eleven
elevenses
elevens
eleven

oh

2011-11-15T20:22:00.001-08:00

occupy humanity

all saints

2011-11-01T15:59:00.000-07:00

a reprieve for geraniums
live to live another day
ebbing sun
fading lipstick blooms
another night
another day
crimson kisses
mountain ashfall
another night
another day

in this light

2011-10-14T15:47:00.000-07:00

pixies run in circles triumphantly
aspen poplar cloaks fireweed
one mighty ageratum refuses to sleep
and all is possible
in this light

parkin

2011-10-13T16:43:00.000-07:00

solidarity with all in Z park tonight
tomorrow's tomorrows
and onwards

chords

2011-09-11T11:11:00.000-07:00

in the Ugly Guitar shop
a neck is swaddled in brown thermal longjohns
and the Y front covers the pick ups

lots more to choose from
maybe next time
in the land of nod

labour day

2011-09-05T14:33:00.000-07:00

hny

2011-09-01T14:01:00.000-07:00

last night's dream included
gingerbread, whipped cream
and an incriminating salute to a war criminal
a triumphant flick of the fifth finger
pinkie justice for the people
happy 'new year'!

the transfer trio

2011-08-31T15:12:00.000-07:00

huddled in the cheeks
rear route #1
scheming and kissing
whispering plans for departure

first and second convinced the third
to plead their case
extend their options
exchange their slips
buy them more time

a hasty exit for two
submerged courage for one
hopping off in the shadow of the giant nipple
the transfer trio will try again
smooch and ride again
next time

on this new moon

2011-08-29T16:56:00.000-07:00

nursing ankle halos
perfectly ringed mosquito kisses
carried over from Saturday
leaves falling
geese swooning
itches yet to come...

pinkies

2011-08-18T17:30:00.000-07:00

the hawaiian impatiens
are waiting for bumbles
bees knees
and all good things

the rallying cry
calling y'all
c'mon bumblers

the little tan dog

2011-08-16T13:39:00.000-07:00

overseeing Riverdale yesterday
perched and paused on all fours
time for timeout
the hustle the bustle
not his style
no collars or tags for this dude
a free spirit paws away from gopherville
furry comrades burrowed deep
nestling down

the little tan dog overseeing Riverdale yesterday
will be just fine thank you
with a little help from kindreds
you me us
spirits and all

laying down

2011-08-05T20:19:00.000-07:00

making inroads here
dandelion ghosts
moth kisses and delphinium dreams
a calendula invasion overtakes portulaca
Portia Lackin'
as the bed grows wild
this is not exactly what i want to say
but specifics are overrated
lamenting what is likely coming down the line
XL
excelsior
and points in between
making inroads here
however fragmented
subject to pavement
tar
sticky dreams
gazanias clam up on cloudy days
the bed grows wild
not exactly what i wanted to say
but for now
laying down
yesterday's robin
tomorrow's pathways
arteries ventricles
merge

going going...

2011-08-02T14:48:00.000-07:00

the east wing of the Artery is quiet now
no tiny tails thumping
no wee noses twitching
the go go gophers have gone gone gone
south of Jasper on 95th
a little ghost town
no more prairie dogs
on this patch of plain

knit 1

2011-07-06T19:47:00.000-07:00

the woolen purse strings
and the flocks that follow
a pattern of being

7K/21D/24H
sticky hands labour

sighs from the plain

knit knot 1
purl purloin 2

riverbanks
weeping
over
over and out
overburden

mayday
mayday
mayday

Oil at Emmedia

2011-07-04T15:54:00.000-07:00

Coming up in Calgary on July 12, 2011 at EMMEDIA curated by Daniel Dugas. Featuring international video artists including a collaboration with Kyle Armstrong titled 'SCAPE'. To be screened on the anniversary of the capping of the BP oil well in the Gulf of Mexico.

http://emmedia.ca/?p=1854

21 salute

2011-06-21T18:16:00.000-07:00

on the solstice
the orchid booming
a guy carrying his bike
the smell of fresh baking mud
loonies to strangers
soft fur/raspy tongue
birds out singing semis
airborne fuzz
pylon as rabbit
snoozy #1 rider
acupuncture prickles
uber kale invasion
delphinium whiskers
5:04
22:07
rise up
set down
sol soul

it is a day

2011-06-10T16:31:00.000-07:00

to bathe in lilac breezes
to count robins (60 so far)
to scratch when itchy
to sit beside a crumpled beer can on the bus (Molson Canadian)
to overhear in the bank that 'there's a hockey game tonight'
to have a door held open by a long, lean man in snakeskin cowboy boots
to hose out the kitty litter box in the bright sun
to watch steam rising from the patio
to try not to scratch when itchy
it is a day
like and unlike any other
a precious assemblage of hours

lovley

2011-06-02T21:53:00.001-07:00

the new diction

pines

2011-06-02T21:51:00.000-07:00

tonight a porcupine
lumbering in
45
oh seven
one oh seven

quills and all
in the hood
around and down

the pots the pines
and off again

come again
anytime
lovely lumbering porcupine

37.5

2011-05-30T19:39:00.000-07:00

the bluest of blue
nestled in the bed
tucked into the soil
sheltered by gazania
portulaca
sea holly
a sliver of shell
robin's egg
# 37
and a half

cat's eyes

2011-05-25T15:29:00.000-07:00

gaze out at the verbena
the heliotrope
the fading newness of the afternoon
soaking up all that has fallen
all that is coming
the spaces between the rain

cat's eyes are blinking now
tranquility shutting out the day
squinting out the truck muffler
roaring up 107th
magpie squawks and claw trims

cat's eyes are hunting now
iris and glass
triumphant bug that will not be taken down
pause for paws
green light to wings

cat's eyes are staring now
this yard and a thousand waking dreams

antennae

2011-05-20T13:59:00.000-07:00

these antlers of mine
pick up all the best frequencies
especially the whispers
from the top of your lungs
tuned into all the flight paths
toybox schemes
souffles and soft shoes
these antlers of mine
hone it all in
drive it all home
and around the block
again and again
standard gear
the rack electric

wings

2011-05-17T19:16:00.000-07:00

the other day a fallen bird
outside the bedroom window
silent
motionless
still
flown into glass

the other day a report
a new development
drone as hummingbird
technology
evolving
revolving and deadly
hovering ushering
the future

the other day the robin count
treetop 16
and number 9
ghostly
flightless
feathers beneath dogwood

narcs!

2011-05-09T13:36:00.000-07:00

sunshine narc
squinting kitten narc
low slung jeans narc
tulip narc
blossoming snowdrops narc
fizzy homemade valpolicella narc
belgian waffle narc
muffin narc
all day breakfast narc
walk don't run narc
tooth flossing narc
christmas lights in may narc
pipeline narc
jawline narc
fineline narc
cutty sark narc
knick knack paddywhack narc
glow in the dark narc
all aboard the ark narc
prototype drone as hummingbird narc
'h' is for humanity narc
save us from ourselves narc
world peace narc
all things spring narc
narc
narcs!

Terra

2011-05-01T16:31:00.001-07:00

Mayday Mayday Mayday

relief

2011-04-21T15:05:00.000-07:00

the map of my back
is not to scale
despite all the scaly bits
rivulets
spine grommets
detours and ditches

the map of my back
is a work in progress
with doctors on strike
and nurses nursing the piano bar

the map of my back will be complete
in time for our next journey
to the outback and beyond
wait for it or go ahead
vertebrae know the way

ghosts

2011-04-15T17:01:00.000-07:00

the ghosts of ghetto savages
whisper hello
a little commune communique

ethereal urgings
to turn the tide
tie tight the tourniquet

one day...

2011-04-14T16:06:00.001-07:00

i will figure out how to drive
this bus...

this rug

2011-04-06T16:03:00.001-07:00

is piled high with life
memory
visions of its own

Good Things

2011-04-06T15:48:00.000-07:00

check list

2011-03-30T15:38:00.000-07:00

puddle jumps
nearly waterproof boots (nearly...)
kitten sneezes
kindly ETA from fellow bus traveler
laughing driver pedal down GUNNING THE 1
temporary reprieve from grey, grey, grey
'Couv like vibe (minus the mountains, the Pacific, green abundance, Stanley Park, Commercial Drive...)
migrating geese
migrating hope
returning geese
returning hope
Naomi Klein on enviro/economic tangle weave
many blue signs
too many blue signs
Easter dinner invitation
late blooming amaryllis
right foot asleep
Aloha postcard
lily pods
uplifting kudos for the Berg
sleeping Samoyed
bamboo chimes
itchy rug
chirping chirps
brushing wind
30/31
sun at my back
out like a lamb

wings

2011-03-23T15:09:00.000-07:00

someone should tell the snow faeries about the equinox
i think they missed it
passed out somewhere
wings folded over
sleeping off a hum dinger

someone should tell the snow faeries about the equinox
time for the spring pixies to get up
down
busy

and marzipan

2011-03-14T15:01:00.000-07:00

the blanket is coming off
slowly
the melting has begun
in the hallway this afternoon
the air was thick with wieners
and on the bus too
rolling along on the #1:
wieners with marzipan
a layer of sweetness

pull back the blanket
sweetly
s...l...o...w...l....y

the little wednesday

2011-03-08T20:30:00.000-08:00

a tummy full of undigested dreams
kitten threads all over the bed
a reluctant return key
suggestions to just start again
a demi of vino
snowmelt through freezing
not my best work but soldiering on
soldering on
sauntering on
solidly on
and all that is solid...

the end of the second

2011-02-28T15:58:00.000-08:00

and on the 28th these things are true:
it is clear and cold
clear now that the haze has lifted
and the drifts have drifted on
the keyboard is covered in fuzz
and fur
furry fuzz
it is minus 20 outside
an ant is crawling on the bathroom floor
on the 28th these things are true
in like a lion bring on the third

the sun is waning here

2011-02-22T15:47:00.000-08:00

the last Tuesday of February
quiet, soft
still

on the other side
the plates have shifted
the Earth has lifted
turmoil before peace

sending soft light
quiet
hopeful
still

saturday's coyote

2011-02-21T11:49:00.000-08:00

crossed our path at 50th street
before doubling back and heading into the Bar

'so a coyote walks into a bar...'
'and then what?' asked the rabbit
before disappearing into the yard

saturday's coyote
was sunday's recollection
and monday's musing
by the fire on Family Day

i think the dog...

2011-02-18T14:12:00.000-08:00

in the shop today
smelled the cat pee on my coat.
or was it just love
pure and simple?

with every flake

2011-02-16T15:19:00.001-08:00

a fallen frozen bit of dream