Depth Perception, Collected Freeverse by Dave Olson
Depth Perception – Collected Freeverse Poetry (chapbook) from Dave Olson
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Gone to Sea
Postcards fr. Gravelly Beach
Hitch a Thousand Miles to See a Friend – Postcard #56
From Halfmoon Bay on Vancouver Island, Dave gives it up for zen poet hero Gary Snyder and recounts beat history from The Old Ways and logging culture from Myths and Texts plus poems about hitchhiking, girls, baths, clearcuts and the Buddha plus original freeverse poetry.
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Postcards fr. Gravelly Beach
Chronicling Interesting Boulders – Postcard #55
Alongside raging Lynn Creek, Dave remarks about boulders which are indeed interesting as the sign pointed out, then reads a
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Postcards fr. Gravelly Beach
Post-apocalyptic Skunks and Fevers – Postcard #54
From a skunk-scented perch along Mosquito Creek, Dave spiels about feverish dreams in a Mexican clinic, personal archeology, mirages about
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Postcards fr. Gravelly Beach
Howling at Land and Sea – Postcards #53
Visiting the Woodshop on Steamboat Island amidst hayfever and national holidays, Dave and Wm. Lenker exchange spontaneous musical freeverse tales
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Requited
Night Lake Diving
freshly skinny white leaping from the storm the 2AM moonlight fractures with the impact the rocks below clarified by the
Vancouver Grey
Bay of Flashing Darters
Sailboats carving patterns darters into waves which seem unimpressed Leaning over sideways to control both power and time Flocking into
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Vancouver Grey
handy for crabbing
The dock extends further to make the crabs easier to capture
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Vancouver Grey
Waiting at Jericho
Green hulled sleeper lulls along the darters and sunnyday foghorn Sailors waiting papers aren’t order sandwiches and waiting waiting, watching
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Gone to Sea
Porch Supper, Briefly
palm frond palypa red snapper grill-marked smoking peppers rolled with twigs
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Shoebox
Mexican Hammer and Nails
anticipating buying the claw hammer in Bucerias i’d learned 2 Spanish words in advance the boy, 14-ish shaggy haired “do
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Requited
start of something
exquisite with the dignity of elegance and restraint teasing out the extravagance of innocence and youth
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Poetry and Prose
the wrong change again
each time laughing at super mini mary paz 3 avocados and sack of dark beers mango, rollies spreading change taking
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Requited
leaning forward now
you lean forward thick blades arch and thrust you collared to the clouds dappling your supple shadows graceful valleys no
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Old Man Punk
I’ve Seen the Pathway (Tired Traveler)
i’ve seen the pathway tis cobbled rocky and twisted arranged enough to confuse and mislead but it leads to the
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Postcards fr. Gravelly Beach
Skyscraper Stories about Oceans and Forests – Postcard #52
From a Lougheed skyscraper comes an improvisational reading with guitars – first more ocean-inspired works from Tristan Corbière, Victor Hugo
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