May 07 2007

one deep breath: sleep

Two haiku on sleeping.

while dreaming it makes
perfect sense until dawn breaks
and shadows awake

—–

we share this sleep in
conversation silently
forgotten by dawn

 

a breath of sleep(lessness)

more sleepy breaths from the poets at one deep breath.

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May 01 2007

one deep breath: the sea

aware of our feet
the sea blinks and anoints them
the tears soften sand

more breaths of the sea from the poets at one deep breath

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Apr 28 2007

one deep breath: another earth day

caged by concrete these
refugee parks find light in
steel, fence and lilies

Inspired by the parks of New York City on a recent visit.

another breath for earth day 

more breaths for earth day from the poets at one deep breath 

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Apr 28 2007

one deep breath: earth day

we gravitate to
spring flowers pollenating
we nourish the earth

another breath for earth day

more breaths for earth day from the poets at one deep breah 

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Apr 25 2007

NYC

I had a great time visiting NYC with my friend Elizabeth.  We managed to get in the majority of things we wanted to do (which was mainly visit friends).  I’ll work on trying to update with a more inspired post later…but for now, I’ll just give you a link to the pictures.

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Apr 13 2007

Mind Control

Last night I saw Stephen Marley perform at the Roseland Theater.  He’s on tour supporting the release of his first solo project.  I do find it interesting that as Stephen (and his older brother Ziggy) age, how much more he sounds like his father.  The show was a good mix of stuff from the new album and Bob’s stuff.  Stephen also had his younger brother Damian “Jr. Gong” along for the tour, so there were a few songs from Damian’s latest album done as well.

So all in all…a great show…the people around me seemed to have a great time as well…even the people without the red tired eyes 😉

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Apr 10 2007

Internships, iPods and other silly things

I’ve interviewed for the internship in LA.  I actually was able to do my interview face to face, because I co-led a workshop at a conference with the person who would be interviewing me.  I think the interview went well.  My thought is that the other applicants (esp. male), will have more to do on whether or not I get the internship.  After being in the LA area for the weekend though, I’m still kinda freaked out about moving there.  Its going to be rough living in that environment for a year, and unfortunately I doubt I’ll be able to afford to make many “sanity” trips up to Oregon.

I finally caved in and bought a new iPod.  My old one broke the week before Thanksgiving last year.  I was able to hold off buying one for an entire month when I decided I really wanted one again.  I even put the cost of the iPod in savings before buying one later on.  This time I got the 4GB iPod Nano (Red so some of the cost goes to helping Africa).  Now I’ll have music to listen to on my morning bus commute again. 😀

I’m getting really excited about my trip to NYC in 8 days.

I’m going to see Stephen Marley & Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley at the Roseland on Thursday.

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Apr 09 2007

one deep breath: bridges

i have no frame
for this window between us
inside spring i gaze

 

more bridges from the poets at one deep breath 

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Mar 27 2007

one deep breath: short & sweet

Inspired by the workshop I’m sitting in today (and my friend keeping me sane):

I got no window, it is a pane.

 

more short & sweet breaths from the poets at one deep breath 

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Mar 24 2007

spring begins

Spring has begun in typical Oregon fashion, with rainy days.  The combination of grey rainy days and missing my housemate that moved to Japan last Sunday has left me in a general state of melancholy all week.  I’ve been half-heartily searching for a new roommate all week, and my other roommate hasn’t been around to do interviews (at least as much as I’d like), so that hasn’t helped either.  I’d like to get the whole roommate mess sorted out before I leave for LA on Thursday, but I’m not sure that’s gonna happen.

Wednesday night the video card in my desktop computer decided to commit hari kari.  I’ve got a new one on the way from Newegg, which will actually be a pretty significant upgrade.  Until then, I’ve got my desktop running headless so I can stream music off of it on my spare laptop.  But it is alas an unplanned expense.  Fortunately, for one of the first times in my life, I’m in a place I can absorb it.

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