Dec 31, 2020
U.S. poet James Koller
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U.S. poet James Koller
“James Koller, il poeta del mondo naturale” di Dianella Bardelli
“James Koller, il poeta del mondo naturale” di Dianella Bardelli
“James Koller, il poeta del mondo naturale” di Dianella Bardelli
Ci sono persone che condensano in se stesse epoche intere; con i loro scritti e le loro apparizioni pubbliche testimoniano e tramandano eventi diventati tradizioni, poesie diventate poetiche, storie diventate letteratura. Una di queste persone è James Koller, (Oak Park, Illinois, 1936), poeta, esponente del Bioregionalismo,…
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Cabildo Quarterly #4 available now!
The fourth issue of Cabildo Quarterly, featuring new poetry and fiction by Todd Dills, Alan King and James Koller, is available in greater Belchertown Ma/Orono ME. I'll mail a copy to you for $1 ppd, or you can download a .pdf via pdfcast or issuu.
Two poems by James Koller
You could see where the wings hit,
the prints they left in the soft snow, & the holes
where the claws thrust deep into the snow,
where the talons caught & held & killed.
He sat for many days on top of the pole,
looked asleep as he sat in the cold gray light,
strange to see, an owl by daylight, & we wondered
what it was he heard, who he waited for.
Feb 08
CHANCE & NECESSITY, AGAIN
Two ravens pick through
the scraps of pork fat scattered
over the yard, even their shadows
black on the bright sunlit snow.
I had hoped the old fox would find
my offerings. For years his tracks
passed to the north of the house. Now
he uses the new road between shed & house.
If I had gone deeper, into
the woods, emptied those scraps
at some greater distance, would these
same two have been first to arrive?
1 Jan 09
James Koller is a poet, publisher, novelist, photographer and painter. Koller's most recent book is Snows Gone By: New & Uncollected Poems, 1964-2002, published by La Alameda Press. He has published Coyote's Journal and Coyote Books since 1964
Look for his poem 'That Same Old Owl' in the forthcoming fourth print installment of Cabildo Quarterly.
We change to keep all else the same
—James Koller, from “Four Poems.” Photography Credit Gary Jensen, Fulton Market Cold Storage Company