sometimes I put things down
and lose them
it must be
my age
a while ago I lost
the word
vivid
but today I found it
quite unexpectedly
up a tree
in the park
Ingredients - my published haiku, tanka, haibun and the occasional piece of writing that fits none of those categories.
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Sunday, August 05, 2007
Starting
Starting today
with this grey garment
I’m going to throw away
everything that’s ugly in my life
and keep only the cheerful
and the beautiful
I will do it quite slowly
one unlovely item at a time
there’s no rush to complete
the work of a lifetime.
with this grey garment
I’m going to throw away
everything that’s ugly in my life
and keep only the cheerful
and the beautiful
I will do it quite slowly
one unlovely item at a time
there’s no rush to complete
the work of a lifetime.
Friday, August 03, 2007
Wings of Desire
In the comments section a few posts back Alan Summers mentioned a film - Wings of Desire -that I hadn't seen and alerted to me something quite wonderful. The script is made up in large part of the poetry of Peter Handke, much of which shares the spirit of haiku and related forms. I also found this essay, Angels and the Modern City by Eric Mader Lin, on the symbolism of the film. All links well worth following.
...Normal poetry will be resumed following this cinematic break...
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