Poems

for the first time,
i bought some pottery that I liked

which,
as I understand,
is a sign that I am getting older

it is not all bad, you know
pottery, that is
but also,
age:

it is softbrown terra-cotta
from italian
terra-cotta; baked earth
from latin
terra; earth
cocta; boiled water

boiled water. baked earth.

this is age
but also,
pottery

blackletter emblazon:
THE ORIGINAL SUFFOLK CANISTER
IDEAL AT HOME OR ON SAFARI
MADE BY
HENRY WATSON POTTERY
ENGLAND
FOUNDED 1800

henry watson
some relative, no doubt, far back
a scattered son of wat

lately
i have been dreaming
(i never used to remember my dreams;
never used to re-member them)

i have been dreaming
of my fathers death:
waking. convinced. mourning.

me, a son of wat
me, a son of what?

a son
of w/at home
or on safari

at home, baked
on safari, boiled

at home/suffolk,
sufferfolk

on safari
terra/cotta

my father, the soldier
terracotta soldier, buried

at home or on safari

i am getting older.
my father,
a son of wat,

me, a son
a son, of what?

from Middle French confrence
from Medieval Latin conferentia,
from Latin, present participle conferens,

means to bring together
to gather // together
to-gather // to-get-her

means to bring together, to deliberate
to deliber-ate \\
to d/be-liber-ate \\
to ate–to act

means to come. together.
to come to together
to deliberately come
to bring together deliberately
to be. together. deliberate.

It is //
assimilated
ass-limination //
assim-elated // i’m elated

It is //
from com+ferre “together”
(see: com)

means
“to bear. to carry,”
from root bher. (said: buh-uh-‘ere).

It is //
to deliberate
to de-liberate //
to liber-ate //
to ate

It is to bear
something new //
some-thing-a-new–