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Look, a Poem by Saij May 15, 2007
This poem is called, “Look.” And is from my book of poetry, “On The Bestial Floor.”
Look
© Copyright 2007, Saij
the shadow in
a folded leaf
holding wine
red burgundy
blood
sparrow made
centuries in the making
bastard child
the forest
crumpling in time
under pressure
of chainsaws
mud pits
grass growing
reeds
in concrete cracks
i can see them
and they mock me
gusts of wind
i watch
carrying mist
sever and rob
blowing dust
in my face
Sing Your Songs: Free Soul Mp3 April 23, 2007
This Song is from my upcomming album, “Tea Green.” It’s a dark brooding number. I’ve included the lyrics below.
Sing your Songs
Copyright © 2006, Saij
VERSE 1
You covered us with gold leaf baby
and sparkles from the moon
But with all the shine and polish, baby
we’re the darkest in the room
CHORUS
You ain’t gotta sing your songs in here
you ain’t gotta pull me by the ear
you ain’t gotta drown me with you tongue
and your body and your tears
you ain’t gotta stab me with you eye
you ain’t gotta hold me by the fly
you ain’t gotta hit me with you hand
and with your body and your mind
VERSE 2
you were the black satin dancer
moving with the mandolin
but with all the desperate breathing baby
we can’t go back again
CHORUS
VERSE 3
we got our ancient faces baby,
like two rain beaten stones
and the ripples hug the river baby
and they tap the closing tones
CHORUS
Free Mp3, Soul: Come On Over Here April 22, 2007
The song of this Week is, “Come on over Here.”
It’s off of my latest album, The Acropolis. And is about the last kiss before the end.
A Study of Tundra: A Poem by Saij April 21, 2007
(Cross-posted at GoodTithings)
A Study of Tundra
(c) Copyright 2007, by Saij
Some will give birth within days
and I will cut open their bellies and let it run
over the table like a draining glacier in the desert
And others alone will do as well with their wombs
and let the offspring wander
ever deeper into the dark-white
And the sound sucked back
like the inhale of some beast preempting its’ roar
will be left rattling in the air forever
My new book of poetry, “On The Bestial Floor” is available here.
My Lady: Free Soul Mp3 April 19, 2007
The song this week “My Lady,” is off of my last album, “The Acropolis.”
(cross posted at GoodTithings)
Villanelle, or a Study of Terza Rima: A Poem April 19, 2007
(Cross Posted at GoodTithings)
This Poem is one I wrote as a study of a particular pair of forms called the Villanelle and Terza Rima. It doesn’t follow the forms exactly but uses them as a jumping off point. Terza Rima was first used by Dante in his Devine Comedia.
This poem is from my recent book, “On the Bestial Floor.“
Villanelle, or: Study of Terza Rima
(c) Copyright 2007, SaijEast of sleep and dreams,
the dim coming times,
like a sea that brooks no means.Carve’n dreamer fell,
hung like sweating leaves,
drip down the garden well.The peddles feast and descend,
they walk a show and tell,
where the sand and sea have hardened.Of these, and of the age,
I’m here to play the warden,
where bursting tears splay the cage.And on a silent singing thread
we shadowed ‘cross the stage,
where sea-born fingers bled.I stood in wait like marbled beast,
and woke here in my bed,
leaving dreams that wander east
and sink in salted ocean feast
Live Date: Third Thursday April 19, 2007
I’ll be playing tonight (last minute notice) at
Third Thursdays
@ Rose City Vision
4526 NE Sandy
Portland, OR
6PM – 9 PM
Saij, Live at the Pirates Tavern, March 10th February 22, 2007
I’ll be playing at the Pirates Tavern in NW Portland on March 10th. It’s a Pirate themed Vegan restaurant/bar. Yep, you heard me! (map)
My man Jesse Espinoza is gonna open and start around 7:30. I’ll go on at 8:30.
The show is gonna be really stripped down, unplugged. It’s a great venue, where the artists play up above the bar.
For a taste of my music when it isn’t unplugged, check out Alterside.com
