FEELS LIKE HOME AGAIN

Collected Poems
1962-2002

Joel Weishaus

In Memory of Jacob Stattman

          "I Found Myself Thinking of Jay."
          Painting by John Kielty Bell (2002)

 

PREFACE

Early Poems

I AM AWOKEN TO A NIGHT as walking
AND STILL THEY KEEP COMING
THE BIRTH OF POPEYE
EVEN THE DEAD HAVE POTENTIAL
SUMMER LIGHTNING HASTILY EXPOSES NEGATIVES
OLD INJIN he was
MARILYN
THE BODY
LIKE A CHILD IN HAND
FRIDAY THE 13TH
WORDS for David Meltzer
THE WOODEN BRIDGE
CATS SCRATCH THE DOOR
MOUNTAIN HAIKU
THREE RACCOONS
MT. TAMALPAIS : 4 A.M.
EVEN ON THIS
17 JULY 68
SIGNS
POEM FOR PETS

—

Japan: 1968

INTERNATIONAL DATELINE
STRONG SHIT SMELL
HILLTOP
SHIROISHI  8 A.M.
THE WORLD
THIS NIGHT'S VISITOR
FIVE PANELS FROM THE MONASTERY OF THE POND DRAGON
"CHANGE TRAINS AT OFUNA"
KITA-KAMAKURA
YASAKA SHRINE
UPON SEEING A VICTIM of Atomic Bomb

EVERY MORNING
NIGHT AT SEA
CAN FEEL LAND CLOSE
SOUTH OF PORTLAND
FEELS LIKE HOME AGAIN

—

—

The Garden : 1971-1972
For John Kielty Bell

Introduction

Spring/Summer

CLEARING THE GROUND
LAYING NEW PIPE
THE BRIDGE
FEELING FOR STONES
ROCK GARDEN
SPREADING IT
HACKING IT
SCROUNGING FOR STUFF
LUNCH POEM
LAYING MORE PIPE
MICHIKO NO TAKUMI
MOSQUITOES
TOUCHING IT
BLACK SOY FROM HONG KONG
SONO TSUKURU KAMI
BAMBOO
BEFORE CROSSING

Autumn/Winter

IN AUTUMN
GATHERING IN
WOODBURNING STOVE
WET LEAVES
AGAINST THE GRAIN
KI-NO O-BAKE
WHAT'S OUT THERE?
WILD GARDEN
ALL
BARKING AT IT
BENT NAILS
FLYING
LAST TOUCHES
FALLEN TREES
ONE WEEK BEFORE SPRING
THIS GARDEN

—

Hermitage : 1973 - 1974
For Carol W. Hills

Introduction

Autumn

TAKING STOCK
ECONOMY
KONOCTI
ON STEAM-ON LINE
BEAR DOCTORS
HUNG UP
THROUGH MY CHILDHOOD
MY FRIEND
USELESS
TREES
BRUSHING THEM OFF
MUSEUM PEACE
MAYBE
AUTUMN : PARTING

Winter

WHAT I SAID
PLUMBING IT
BARE WINTER BRANCHES
CHRISTMAS VISITATION
SPLITTING BETWEEN DROPS
WINTER HAIKU
GETTING THE MAIL
IN THE MIND
TO GUN ME DOWN
BODY COUNT
MOTH - SPIDER - BAT
WITH THE NEWS
OLD PRAYERS
RESUMÉ
SNEEZE
WHO SURVIVED THE WINTER?

Spring/Summer

FIVE SPRING POEMS FROM PO CHU-I
EARTH : A BASKET
TWO TALL MEN
MOSQUITO - FLEA - TICK
BACK AGAIN
BATTLE OF BLOODY ISLAND
BREATHING FREE
ANTS!
                                                                               CURING IT                                                                                
PLANS
ON THE MOVE

—

New Mexico
For Thea Witt

JUST TREES
PRICKLY PEAR
THE GRATEFUL DEAD
A LETTER TO LUKOS
PECOS TRANSFORMATIONS
BRINGING UP DOGS
HERMIT PEAK
A LETTER TO HIS WIFE
KU
ROUND
REFIGURING THE RIVER
CENTRAL AVENUE
FOR THE BROTHERS

—

New Poems

AS IF A LECTURE BY DERRIDA
ARTAUD
MIRÓ CRITIQUE
NÄMFORSEN
YOUR NAME, THIS NET
A POEM ADDRESSED TO ROBERT CREELEY ON HIS POEM "HISTOIRE DE FLORIDA."