Category: art & literature

Nov 22 2006

one deep breath: come to your senses

grey fury kissed
beaded saltiness becomes
private earthquakes
 
more coming to senses from the poets at one deep breath 

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Nov 16 2006

Literature

Overheard at a forum at Powell’s with Philip Gourevitch, Editor of the Paris Review:

“Every thing you’ve ever read is a gross reduction of reality” 

     -Philip Gourevitch
 

 

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Nov 16 2006

more renga

pale fingers of aspen
pin-pricked bubble of blood
after October leaves

chills seep into thoughts leaving
bare skin craving winter’s embrace

-a collaboration between Carolyn and myself

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Nov 15 2006

one deep breath: renga

This weeks prompt at one deep breath is friends & companions. As an added exercise we were encouraged to write a renga, which is traditionally written in collaboration with someone else.  The form consists of a haiku followed by a couplet of two seven syllable lines.  My good friend Elizabeth collaborated with me on the following renga.
 
songs speak to hearts
words that could have been rain
if shy lips had spoke

they gaped, drenched, at the rainbows
steam rising from the space between
 
more haiku and renga from the poets at one deep breath. 
 
another renga made with a different friend

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Nov 09 2006

one deep breath: haibun

The “Pineapple Express” relentlessly attacks with warm rain.  Rivers swell and overflow, taking with them trees, rocks and houses.  The collective mood of the city becomes one of depressed slumber.  All the while we are inundated with negative political ads.  We wonder if we will ever regain hope.  If things can really change.  If our vote really matters. 

rain falls with darkness
unapologetic to
the daylight it hides

Change does happen.  Sometimes it sneaks up on us.  Sometimes it is sudden and violent.  Always afterwards we have a choice in how we respond.  This election has brought us change.  I hope and pray that this time we respond to that change in a better way. 

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more haibun from the poets at one deep breath 

*haibun is a combination of brief prose and haiku.

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Oct 30 2006

one deep breath: unseen

grey skies hide this
reflection of myself
overshadowing

—

painted trees fall
in silent acknowledgment
of passionate love

—

empty union
too often mingles with
no one (thing)

—

to love: follow
blindly. give everything.
discover grace.

more unseen deep breaths at one deep breath.

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Oct 23 2006

another deep breath: yugen (mystery)

 meditation (a haiku)
foggy fingers linger
in branches to silent
conversations
more yugen breaths from the poets of one deep breath

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Oct 23 2006

one deep breath: yugen (mystery)

 
unsaid (a haiku)
 
words do not escape
from autumn’s changing color
and fading shadow
 
more yugen breaths from the poets at one deep breath 

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Oct 16 2006

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

It’s interesting reading Murakami’s short stories.  They are like individual dreams that you wake up with before you want to.  At least that’s how I often feel.  But then even his longer works tend to finish before I want them to.

This collection is interesting, because it has some of his earliest stories as well as his latest stories.  Most of the time it is easy to figure out which is which.  His later work is much more polished than the earlier work.

My favorite works in this collection are “Tony Takitani,” “Chance Traveler,” “The Kidney Shaped Stone That Moves Every Day” and “A Shinagawa Monkey.”

I’ve read through all of Murakami’s fiction that have been translated into English.  My favorite novels were Norwegian Wood and Kafka on the Shore.

Now to figure out something new to read. 

 

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Oct 16 2006

another deep breath: simple pleasures

falling asleep
your head on my shoulder
rainy day movie

 

another simple pleasure 

more simple pleasures at one deep breath 

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