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Glaciated
Straits, Underway
—a Sonnet Series—
"That's not a solar symbol; it is a potato."
—Joan Miro At Alert temperature increase one-tenth northern lights hemisphere demand behind it in depth and ploy atop 90 meters denser rupture in place for 3,000 years percents remainder area caution calcium deposit paramecium producing less key shift operation slides most laterally, largely uniform from the present back to '67 decreased rainfall during the period an average July well above zero mark a decade-long decline, helicopter took rotor, measures freshwater layer Atlantis, that is gloss ancient legend the liquid-gas texture maps potential hydrogen bonds direct a partial collapse phase pentane 0.22 oil spill letters number in the dozens …26 and then some negative pressure region honors pledge full sail Valparaiso spondee gorge outrigger fissure moraine moss flossy details a victory field-wide SUV sparks discussion radio breaker breaker refractive index a maximum value observatory in strict gladiator island, atoll at all the long toll sounds A. M. rejoinder ready, aim hemi- sphere junket hammerhead the tectonic penultimate millennium decision station mutations a mighty nation halved town out having calved test pilot gold Ford more than not special lease uncle, rapid-fire 800 dial a figment pond per se optical souvenir until slow-motion seasonal Oslo below magnet logic synthetic perspective on a volcano Venus looking upon the large rift flank aerosols from a dust storm and wildlife predicted flurries on channel 22 Atlas, etc. lateral offsets gadget rigid shell track ridge heirloom ribbon Hudson apparatus puncture continent in thicket cold zone split up the middle equivalent to the water that flows over Niagara satellite plankton ice inland and above 69 square Potomac pot of pudding … Quebec, Quebec sea-floor spreading nth percent off the banks permits brittle failure evidence rivers a prince in fingerlings, girly underthings rose isolation systems trending down birth of an ocean lake effect lift-off —for Noa and
Carlos
ATM in the morning sun dahlia to 700 km. consensus bay mechanisms indicate strike-slip motion convergent, divergent and transmit fact concentrations, rotation collides helm berth spawn survive heated and recycled back to the speaking ranks stone drilling platforms to start at $1,000,000.00 and double each day missed building empires of state province hostile specimens to a side agreement detach hut brackish pools four times that rate microscopic patches harbor extreme life between the boundaries plains grind against Apartment mall animals a hard latch flood stability bayonet so dire Galapagos from space hatchet air stream a factor of two over the past 20 million eons apt contact rip apart fuel intruder sergeant shuts chemical depot a rainbow in petroleum align strictly along the axis beyond 85 yards in some spots test should be tool base-five metal heavy with litter margins the seashore unto a blue riverbed underground extension or compression huge deluge institute a natural ebb Arctic shelf spells the end of caviar Himalayas event hazard alkali decimal rise 200 ft. across vantage flunk a tangled mat of algae 0.4 degrees C crack fixture indigenous digress convection freeze rapid polar one mantle baggage claim travel the sonnets opening lines, fleet linkage stricken amplified term syllabics ten stern warden hunts to permeate climate threshold tabloid unique cormorant floe long strands of fallout hector the acreage anchor to windward no small consequence Alaska was purdy bridge shrunk, buckling the bride to no avail in shallows yield shields container and tanker ships cannot ever though calamity make deliverance navigate the 88-year-old canal streaked by hotspot topography below stows the Indian plate, traces and healed transforms subducting coast range at the Javan Trench a maritime horizon right, starboard differential equations a body trapped I could have gone the distance by walking 16 hours every day in other worlds global positioning device network April warning a diamond castle rook sidewinders spinnaker major remnant added core breach in gravitational mass convergence at center, a triggering since the signing of the Constitution pressure gradient a century ago rimmed the western landmass 11% of a short distance (most upgrades do not exceed 6%) hexameter, cubic and amorphous viscosity data has been reconciled 80-fold reduced pass rush slams QB barrier reef along miles the rest is lost Alarm swarm patterns molten material sled and rescue, destroy signals distress espionage a saline latrine link upset a lumber cart punk dynamics help keep the 68,000-acre blaze at a safe distance the lodge avalanche releasing low-density pine clusters acidity levels a coral spray rusty shed heritage antiques blind thrust faults Trouton's constant to 86 tense surface solutes have a lower than expected effect on the cryoscopic oarlocks frigate territory spirals poison Apache fort, chief resident intern in terms tern the swan valley dawn vanished aperture pandemic ghost cloister a host on the half-sheet synthetic history abduction on the green match case cancel braves at least a yellow tractor edge 360 hoity-toity toilet a strap on buck search party partly egret dammit, regret agate goldspar in vein aghast, wangle weather hobby, boot fanny floatee between flock-throated couplet double f jord spree still, to view 6:30 mansions, mansions record cut radar stats on the reveal At last structure relaxation depends on degree and goodness of fit within the clathrate pocket …go with the "A" word whilst not allowing crystallization denying the Texas majority to consider a redistricting plan holsters a sidearm that shelter in place we shoulder the weapon maintain retreat due to frost symmetry carbon alloy block granite counter a strong calculus plus 70 billion years before Christ high critical point helium balloons aft frigid H20 I get misty Athena reminds us valence allegation wise travesty devastate adventure tours stray voltage windows version to the quick fix it work the graveyard, woo moonlight streaming or, Performa 632OCD troops march the DMZ admit M-16 atomic mass fracture juncture sling awls the amphitheater tables brook Paris fist slippage got pistol switch select file name rich text format cleave the proximate epic frame shoreline listings trust marine docket tackle squads red eye jet—border, bonkers— brokers boxer repatriated remains disappeared briefs * * * Afterword a schooner mast the manuscript en masse rodeo parade delights crowd topper, atop water table set with poison troopers stage a riot with clubs and shields the meters who turned themselves into birds with bodies of syllables imprisoned by rainbows, shadows the daylight awake pipeline crackdown for a chaos premium jellyish tentacles a rapturous swim above the midriff fish and game day play duck
tape, bill
Tupelo,
Buffalo…
Allegiance to the crown a rug worn, sworn GOP congressional quorum treasure imposing fines on traveling Demo- hermit village a striated habitat journey past your eyes cumulative cycle pasture, startle crat a start sparkle, inc. fringe research a regal toss opossum shrug flung in glue lunge stands forelock corporal liaison poison strawberries dress down sumac salvo which species of strawman specific semen specimen (juice box, toolbar) mandrake critters root up wattage tusk, snout framed by black light globules electric sting Artifice phantom forms nothing else matters bergs that thaw c.f. CH3CH3 totem to the tenth and final power token throes soda powder chemical fumes joint tender come about and walk it off thank you for not smoking on the plaza poplar tops the drop off shut down yarrow plants migratory tinder struck clod nimbus propaganda agendas paranoia the pandas off the mainland flight, hull, keel farm out vehicle an outboard motor daffodil dug a hollow to lay up the dog in the acreage Apocalypse in eucalyptus we see through the apex now 25 inch low incline crust a varmint grain gone fishin' lunar meltdown a silvery fiasco compromise the integrity of the stud to campaign the bloody endeavor strikes Richter flare a tide clock tenacity tsunami posse a sequence frequency NMR spin-lattice a dot dot dash marlin sunk (= partial pressure/fraction) forge a mast forum on the blank brink of skunk sinkhole outpost cram atmosphere chasm trek scarce condo reflect loss in the crevasse
seepage
seepage
—for Bill
Teplow,
upon his return to Berkeley Marina
after navigating the Inner-Passage in "Chubby," a 19' sloop. (28 October, 2003; 1:45 AM PST) |
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scott bentley
was born
in Burbank, California, in 1964. He received a BA from UC Santa Cruz in 1986, an MA from
UC San Diego in 1989, and an MFA from Mills College in 2004. He
lives with his family mostly in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he teaches writing at CSU
East Bay, Mills College and elsewhere. He is the author of two chapbooks:
Edge
(Birdcage Chapbooks, 1987) and Out of Hand (Parenthesis Writing Series,
1989), and two full-length books: Ground Air (O Books, 1994) and The Occasional
Tables (sub press, 2000); and he has co-translated the work of Brazilian
writer, Regis Bonvicino and others. Some of the latest translations appear in New
American Writing and The Pip Anthology of World Poetry of the 20th
Century (Vol. 3)-Nothing the Sun Could Not Explain: 20 Contemporary Brazilian
Poets (Green Integer, 2003). Other work has appeared in Syllogism, The Styles,
Tinfish, The Raddle Moon, and elsewhere.
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