Jasper Brinton

 

moue

 

Outside

appearances are outages

invisible pigmentation

consider writing time split

cracking shells split nuts

exclaim today’s catalogue

dear reader—inks are heavenly

someone’s arbitrary constancy

before the poor terrapin

tergiversates the landline

and if hereabouts the list dulls

try a new pinch of dry herb

effacement builds the kernel

the log for surrogate paper

 

 

 

 

 

Jasper Brinton born in Alexandria Egypt, was educated in the Middle East, Scotland and the United States. Over the years he has worked in publishing, printing, architecture, ceramics and wood.  He lives near Kimberton, Pennsylvania in a restored schoolhouse and sails the Chesapeake in an old but seaworthy sloop. His poetry has appeared in Eccolinguistics and On Barcelona.