Name: Seeds
Duration: P00H01M00S
Description: Sonnet

Seeds

from Six Sonnets and Some Wild Words Resurrected from the Last Century by swampmessiah

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North is the last thing you want—vast and dark,
you become like the lichens and cling tenaciously
to the rock and scraps of soil, a stunted mystery
of respiration; festering like a chance remark,
you come to crawl around like bugs under the bark
of short trees; ugly and bleak, moving morosely
as from swamp to swamp and smiling limply
like a creature missing the subliminal spark.
We find peace in strange places—you and I,
in preparation each night, take a deep breath
to dump out the suffering held in every breast;
with transformation, we put talismans in the sky;
anxiety is put to rest; the immanence of death
is lulled, snugly wrapped in a warped cedar chest.

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from Six Sonnets and Some Wild Words Resurrected from the Last Century, track released March 30, 2014

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swampmessiah Saint Paul, Minnesota

I was born in Duluth, Minnesota in 1957. I've been drawing all my life and painting since about 1975; I started writing poetry and rants in, maybe, 1976; since 1996 I've been recording those poems and rants, usually with a "musical" backing.
I live in Saint Paul, Minnesota. My partner and I have two children. I have a day job that is in no way artistic. ... more