From 9fce418b46c9f0894f429384ef9e3dabaeffbeb4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Case Duckworth Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 16:36:17 -0700 Subject: Change file hierarchy and rewrite makefile - File hierarchy is now as follows: - / - appendix/ < appendix source files - backlinks/ < backlink sources & builds - hapax/ < *.hapax source files - scripts/ < scripts, like *.js, *.hs, etc. - templates/ < templates for outputs - text/ < source files - trunk/ < assets, like css, images, heads, etc. - index.html - *.html - Makefile --- text/serengeti.txt | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+) create mode 100644 text/serengeti.txt (limited to 'text/serengeti.txt') diff --git a/text/serengeti.txt b/text/serengeti.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..14ad409 --- /dev/null +++ b/text/serengeti.txt @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +--- +title: Serengeti +genre: verse + +id: serengeti +toc: "Serengeti" + +project: + title: Elegies for alternate selves + class: elegies + order: 20 + prev: + - title: The mountain + link: mountain + next: + - title: The shipwright + link: shipwright +... + +| The self is a serengeti +| a wide grassland with baobab trees +| reaching their roots deep into earth +| like a child into a clay pot +| A wind blows there or seems to blow +| if he holds it up to his ear the air shifts +| like stones in a stream uncovering a crawfish +| it finds another hiding place watching you +| Its eyes are blacker than wind +| on the serengeti they are the [eyes of a predator][formal] +| they are coming toward you or receding +| a storm cloud builds on the horizon +| Are you [running][] toward the rain or away from it +| Do you stand still and crouch hoping for silence + +[formal]: onformalpoetry.html +[running]: squirrel.html -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81