some things from today

an interview with rb's first wife.

"suddenly everything belongs in california," (the california poem)

"what more, to carry the thing through?" (wcw, bookI, paterson)

my life
  by water
      hear

spring's
   first frog
      or board

out on the cold
    ground
        giving

muskrats
   gnawing
       doors

to wild green
   arts and letters
       rabbits

raided
   my lettuce
       one boat

two--
   pointed toward
      my shore

thru birdstart
   wingdrip
      weed-drift

of the soft
   and serious--
      water

(lorine niedecker)