Enjoy Joan Baranow's poetic meditation on universal energy as she explores the commonality of a soap suds, beetles, and all of existence. To support this emerging "poetry film" art-form, please subscribe to our Blank Verse Youtube channel: ~~ The Poet ~~
Joan Baranow is a poet and teacher who lives in Mill Valley in Northern California. She's been writing poetry for years and has had the pleasure of knowing and studying under some of the most famous and celebrated poets in the generation before her. She is also a filmmaker and has produced several poetry related documentaries and films.
Baranow's newest book of poetry is "In the Next Life" and can be found here:
~~ The Poem ~~
"Looking Ahead"
by Joan Baranow
"Energy may take various forms…
But there is never any net gain or net loss…"
Samuel A. Marantz
If such could be: energy
never lost, let me
be the cool drop
your tongue finds
at midday
digging weeds
from our poor
hillside garden.
I’d hide
as a doorstop or
bottle cap,
crescent of soap
sudsing
your shaving dish.
Better yet, I’d feel
both your hands
holding me as you roll
out biscuit dough.
Let some strand
of my hair
latch on
to your ear,
or find me
nested
in the soft pocket
of your pants.
I may be the mouse
you curse,
strewing crackers
behind the stove,
an Alpine cloud
shadowing your view,
an ice cube
watering your drink.
I may be the last
pinch of salt
in your aunt’s
glass cellar,
enough to savor
your beef stew.
And if you should
likewise be
rearranged,
no longer cinched
by these familiar cells,
let us rove
as beetles by the pond
(you know the one)
our antennae touching lightly
as we pass.
~~ The Film ~~
Produced by: Blank Verse Films
Filmed by: Mike Gioia
Edited by: Mike Gioia
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