from The Notebooks (of Being & Time)
5” x 7”
Acquired November 2006 – cover drawing of Green Sunfish (Lepomus cyanellus) by Joseph R. Tomelleri (from the collection of drawings of Alabama fish)
Little Butler Creek, Lauderdale Co., AL 9 April 1993
pages 21-24, Notebook #4
6/13/07
hacking kaballah
black fire white fire
word-word letter-letter
rise and enter the city
and you will be told what
you are to doamong the many words
searching in time
called out ofor called into
call it a calling
i’m here calling
on you (a cold call) because i have been
called upon to do so
*
6/14/07
who choose the living
lord
stranded here in being
if everything that is
is holyhow is it possible then
for the work of art
for the artistto select
an object
of attention
i am not
trying to convince
you of any
thing in particular
though i would
like it if
you paid loving
attention to particulars
reading & seeing
within the spirit
of the sabbath
no labor with
a goal permitted
a relaxation a
re creation of
the heart &
soul of your
being just so
how to answer backto what cannot be seen or heard
apocryphaltext Vol. 2, Nos. 2 & 3
Hank Lazer has published 13 books of poetry, including The New Spirit (Singing Horse, 2005), Elegies & Vacations (Salt, 2004), and Days (Lavender Ink, 2002). He edits the Modern and Contemporary Poetics Series for the University of Alabama Press. Lyric & Spirit: Selected Essays 1996-2008 is due out shortly from Omnidawn (and is available at a big discount at www.omnidawn.com/lazer389). First Portions, an e-chapbook (free download) will be available shortly from Ahadada Books (www.ahadadabooks.com).
from the notebooks of being and time
by hank lazer