At the library, observations #poem
A spangled Cub Scout in his short pants and neckerchiefcheck out a book, holdinglittle sister’s handElder lady clutching armload of […]
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Where do you disappear? #poem
Where do you go whenYou disappear?I have a hunch(and want to ask) but suspect, maybePossibly too intimate to inquire, maybeAnd
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Poetry transcription: “finding home”
{transcription from an “field notes” notebook while in bed… stashed here so I don’t misplace} Finding homeNo longer dauntedBy subterfugePayola
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Healing Ramble, Personal Musings
Observations: poem, post box, bus stop, IV
walked to post office as rain fell imagining Van and Vic in April & May writing new endings by crafting
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Aside: scrambling, not trying and laying flat (existential crisis off the bat)
Started the year (or whatever) in a series of fogs, trying not to scramble to “get going” again. Good news
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Poem: Arc my Tongue to Spark
Arc my tongueAcross the 9 volt transistorTo check the sparkOf the over-clocked resistorCoat hanger antenna wireTo steal shortwave secretsBounding off
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Writing Life
Poetry: Reading “Alchemists Confer with Hypnotists” for Muriel’s at Word Vancouver (but from Japan)
I’m reading at this unique & enchanting poetry event. Online & in person in Vancouver as part of 2022 Muriel’s
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Senryu / assorted, (rather silly, some not)
Senryu are meant to be (the more formal, serene and seasonal)Haiku’s sillier cousin and in fact pre-date haiku as a
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Field Notes, Japan Life/Travel, Libraries / Museums / Archives
Museum / Exhibit: Hokusai, print master / Nagano, Japan, 2019 (w/ minor notes)
Primary aims were to visit friends, stay at all manner of accommodations and see loads of museums, especially, spontaneous, small-ish
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Personal Musings
Musing: fires, volcanos, axe handles & cycle of children
March 13, 2022: I went to sleep last night – first night without a fire in the stove for some
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“Alchemists” poetry accolade from Muriel’s Journey
Poetry Accolade of sorts: Pleased to be on the prize list for a very interesting poetry initiative with roots in
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poem: Leaving Saskatoon
wrote a poem (in reply to the great singer songwriter Hawksley Workman who’s playing in #Saskatoon tonight) SaskatoonI was born
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“The Present is…” notes and projects around Kura (post box, poems, flower pots)
The present is an unfinished poem ________. Let’s Enjoy! Note: my kura is the official Cascadia Consulate for the Setouchi
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Diary: Really nothing *big* however, life carries on
Feb 10 Great magazine arrived, National Geographic, June 1984 with cover story about trains in India + history of Japan
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Nengajyo / New Year’s Card 2022 – Adapters Ahoy!
Sharp peekers maybe caught the preview in “Post’d: New Years “nengajyo” in process” and now fresh from various post office
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Providence, lost
Sunday, Providencegrey like last weekwith my bargain matinee cough syrup nodcandy coated hold onto my thick headnext wave goes to