Voice, Distant, Still Assembling

Voice, Distant, Still Assembling
Mark Irwin

Walking farther there, I am glad we
age slowly, discovering now in memory
similar frontiers of a physical world, visiting
as though for the first time
ruins of a once great city, yet novel


in the crumbling light. We trip
and stumble, unaware, youthful in the obscurity
of shadow, a kind of spring
in itself. Itself, where I touch places, gone, often
confused to find a new home
not torn and built of green, but of a crumbling


orange, and there, there, as though walking
through fire, taking pleasure in the fleeting
walls and lingering agoras, I glimpse
ghost bodies and caress the flesh
boats of their past as I walk toward
what could be mountains or oceans, till finally
I am swimming through the lit window of a name.



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happy thanksgiving everyone! Gobble. Gobble.

A Window of an Instant, by Daniel Brown

A Window of an Instant

I'm striding down the avenue,
And rapidly at that,
When my progress runs me up against
An intersection at

The crux of which, depending from
A stanchion overhead,
An all-commanding traffic light
Presents two disks of red:

One to the way that crosses, one
To the way that favors me;
A situation sure to change
Momentarily.

Very little time. But time
Enough for one of those
Windows of an instant with
The power to disclose

Something at my core of cores
(Hence normally unseen)
In my assuming mine's the way
That's not to get the green.

A better me than me

Warm Hands
-An Horse


I’m not really scared
I just like the way that those words sound when
they fall from my mouth
and I say them too you louder love
Sometimes my hands
clap louder than everyone else
But that’s the way it stands
Cause I want to clap the loudest

But I got scared
That you might be a better me than me
Yeah I got so scared
That you might be a better me than me

You can take my socks
but you damn well better leave my gloves
Cause I need my hands to be warm like everybody else’s
Once my hands are warm
I can give them to you and then say
Please do all you can
well my fingerprints will stay the same

But I got so scared
That you might be a better me than me
Yeah I got so scared
That you might be a better me than me

We know someone that got so scared at the supermarket and you were there
And I get to hold their hand
cause they’ll get scared again
and they’ll get scared again

But I'm not really scared
I'm not really scared
I'm not really scared
I'm not really scared
I'm not really scared
I'm not really scared
I'm not really scared

The Build Up

First tournament this past weekend. I played extremely inconsistently and my head was really in the game only against stanford. I must become better as a cutter and adjust my quick dancing insta-open handler jukes into longer honest check-mark cuts. My defense was ok, but i did get roasted by Matty, Scardato, and chico state handler, but returned them the favor when i was on offense :D. A fair plus/minus differential i guess... I scored a fair amount but ehn, wasnt that impressed with myself except on a few hucks. I did have one good upline defensive stop that lead to a break against stanford which was a positive. I know i can compete on this level now. I just got to put my mind to it 100% of the time, and not just against top level competition.

I also need to work on my consistency and decision making. Having the discipline to dump the disc and not force it. I made that critical error in a tide game for rookies but still...discipline. Another point is play calling. I completely blanked out when Dollar said to call a play when i picked up after a turn and I called ninja (just to call a play) knowing myself that it was not a viable play option since Kattan was lined up on my break side. Aish, mental lapse. Gotta be chilly and more comfortable. This tournament was good overall and I know I need to be more aggressive. Instead of expecting the disc and receiving it (as a handler), want the disc and get open to receive it (as a cutter). Gotta fake more. I didn't have any drops though so that was good. but yes, whoa oh on decision making and confidence.

In lieu of my indecisiveness, a song by the Kings of Convenience and my love, Feist.

The Build Up

The build-up lasted for days
Lasted for weeks
Lasted too long

Our hero withdrew
When there was two
He could not choose one
So there was none

Worn into the vaguely announced
Worn into the vaguely announced

The spinning top made a sound like a train across the valley
Fading, oh so quiet, but constant till it passed
Over the ridge into the distances, written on your ticket
To remind you where to stop
And when to get off

The spinning top made a sound like a train across the valley
Fading, oh so quiet, but constant till it passed
Over the ridge into the distances, written on your ticket
To remind you where to stop
And when to get off

The spinning top made a sound like a train across the valley
Fading, oh so quiet, but constant till it passed
Over the ridge into the distances, written on your ticket
To remind you where to stop
And when to get off
When to get off
When to get off
When to get off

one year ago...

Hey Coppa,

I want to thank you for committing so much time to Ice when you're so busy with school, its sweet to have you out there during track workouts to burn all of us. As you know we're looking to shave the base roster size down to 25 or so and subsequently the coaches will be watching your play much more closely over the next couple weeks. Don't be afraid to ask them questions either cuz that's what they're there for. Here are some of your strengths and weaknesses as far as I can see:

Strengths: solid forehand, great endurance, good speed and quickness, you don't panic easily

Weaknesses: your height, backhand?, ability to "take over"

Your build forces you to fill a specific role on the team: quick handler. I think that the main thing you can do over the next few weeks to impress the coaches is to embrace that role and be the best you can be within that role. That means that you should keep working on your breaks, both forehand and backhand. Also, you should play around with some give and go plays since you're so quick. This will allow you to take over when the disc is stalled back with our handlers. Feel free to ask the coaches how they think you can best serve the team at the handler position.

Let me know if you have any questions, comments or if you think i'm wrong. Let the coaches know too.

Dibs

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From my point of view you need to be mistake free and get a little more agressive. If you can limit silly turnovers you should be fine. Another thing you should focus on is becoming a shut down defensive player. With your speed you should be able to frustrate anyone who steps on the field against you.

-Kevin Stuart

marianne boroch

since it rained today and I couldnt bike because of it...

[Note the sky, the voice said. Some say]
by marianne boroch

Note the sky, the voice said. Some say
the poem can read it. One line might start
the cloud thing. It's possible nimbus
means quick, that cumulous layers up

a lifetime of sorrow. But they all black out.
And release their rain. Their pyromaniacs
do lightning down, in a jag, a razorblade.
Stop! she said. I know all this. Jeez.

Because it rains, the voice said. It's raining
right now. And somehow that river
takes back those tears. But fish are key,
fish so stupid about it, their dull glittering

where it's shallow and light gets through.
Light? she said, you said clouding up a storm.
You said the world goes dark. What else
in there I can't see? All this roundabout.