The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog Let’s go back to the lazy dog, afternoon sun lingering on his tail, the warmth of that disturbed by a fox shadow. Quick, the fox, and brown, a showoff too by all reports. What’s so great about a leap over–not moon, not line of fourteen… Continue Reading
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Killer Kiss
Killer Kiss (Sonnenizio on a line from Regina Spektor) You’re going in, in for the kill, kill. For the killer kiss that tips the boat and flips the keel so it swings like an ivory blade against blue sky and we, off-kilter, unskilled sailors that we are, strike for the shore. Sure, the waves are… Continue Reading
Cultivating A Small Field
Journeying through the world To and fro, to and fro Cultivating a small field Bassho (Trans. R. H. Blyth) I love that Basho poem because it describes, in a few words, the essence of my ideal daily creative practice. I’ve adopted it as my mission statement. Only, it’s not just a statement. It’s a poem…. Continue Reading
Love Poem For A Moon
*** One night the tide refused to turn and the moon, distraught, abandoned her orbit and wheeled away. Nights fell darker and the tideline teemed with confusion as the soldier crabs waved their claws and wobbled off. Rock pools, having lost their Cyclops-eye, became invisible against the sea and sulked as shallow-creatures rolled blindly inside… Continue Reading
Singing The World Alive
“… there never was a world for her Except the one she sang, and singing made.” Wallace Stevens ***** At school we learned about the Australian Aboriginal concept of Song-lines, and the stories of Creator Beings who criss-crossed the continent singing the world alive. I love the idea of the world being sung into life…. Continue Reading