shall i nail thee to a summer's day?

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In celebration of National Poetry Month, Robert Pinsky appeared on The Colbert Report, taking the opportunity to plug his poem "Samurai Song", which Colbert wanted to make "the #1 poem in America." I'm doing my part. You might also want to watch the video of his appearance, which is a fierce, competitive metaphor-off between Colbert and Sean Penn.

Samurai Song
(Robert Pinsky)

When I had no roof I made
Audacity my roof. When I had
No supper my eyes dined.

When I had no eyes I listened.
When I had no ears I thought.
When I had no thought I waited.

When I had no father I made
Care my father. When I had
No mother I embraced order.

When I had no friend I made
Quiet my friend. When I had no
Enemy I opposed my body.

When I had no temple I made
My voice my temple. I have
No priest, my tongue is my choir.

When I have no means fortune
Is my means. When I have
Nothing, death will be my fortune.

Need is my tactic, detachment
Is my strategy. When I had
No lover I courted my sleep.

soccer dog

...and I thought teasing a cat with a laser pointer was fun to watch.

spring blue

A windy sunday morning ride downtown to the office. Something made the blue sky pop out. Maybe it was the green, or the flowering trees. Or maybe it's just that I was riding later in the day. The camera-phone didn't really capture it.