writing progress?

[magicicada]

I found out that i did not win the contest that i entered on a whim. however, i did get to the semi-finalist stage which is good enough to make me feel something, but i'm not sure if it's accomplishment. i got a nifty invite to the MFA program and ncstate which would be lovely if i had a bachelors. back to the grindstone. after all the commotion of the texas trip, i am finally reestablishing the nightly writing habit. last night i just did some sharpening of a few poems, but today i *might* have come up with something new. *shrug* i'm beginning to get to the point where i'm sure what i'm writing is poetry, but have no gauge of whether it can effect those beyond myself. in any case, here it is, discreetly behind a cut.


Silversides

Dripping down the mountain side,
What is not falling is ice.
What would have flown to,
Down below, and merged
With hollow covering mist
Hangs silent.

The ice beside the fog filled road,
Does not look from slowing
Atoms or feel the drop that
Shudders forth and leaves
The mountain.

Small farms under the clouds
Work despite the knowing
That we will all one day
Be mist and chill the
Boots of our grandchildren,
Unknowing.


current vague list of goals:
find part time job for next few months (possibly real estate related)
find full time job & full time daycare (argh)
enroll in appraiser classes, pass exams etc.
get myself apprenticed to an appraiser
enroll in ncstate
get bachelors in english
become world famous poet while doing appraisals in the spring, summer and fall and taxes in the winter.