3 January 2011
the original poem included a background image – a photo taken through the neck of a green beer bottle viewing the base of the bottle, some beer remaining; and seen through the base of the bottle, a blurry view of the country beyond; in other words more of the poem was in the image than in the words (something that applies to many of my poems written over a decade or so)

goin up country

this year’s
vertigo

is last year’s
solo

come with me
to goin up

country
where time

strolls
and there’s beer

still in the bottle