God of rooms

                                        for Paul Celan

God of rooms, of this room made of taken away
papers and books, of removal, this single
room made of taken-away
empty now, god of empty rooms, god of
one unable to speak, god of turned over boats
in the wind (god of boat and mouth and ear)
listen to someone, be of-you
needful to someone

Jean Valentine

i will try to read more poetry, less news. in therapy i realized that when i get upset i leave myself. i feel vacant. but so full of the vacancy.

there are so many poets i don't know. i didn't know jean valentine until she died, and had to be reminded a few days later. i'm going to read all of her poems i can for free and then get more from the library. i tend to buy poetry books and then read stuff from the library queue. maybe every day i should read a poem from the books on the dresser.