A partial description of my ongoing difficulty writing new poems that I actually like…
Poetry
Mirror (a poem)
Written while watching the Tarkovsky film and listening to the Chiky(u)u compilation…
記念日たち [kinenbitachi] (Anniversaries) (a poem)
August 24 approaches…
8/8 fragment poem
Well, I couldn’t call it ‘Sunday impressions’ because there’s already a Pizzicato Five song by that name.
Fire season (a poem)
Yup, the country’s going to hell…
Stepladder (a poem)
This is what came through my mental transom this evening…
Are the stars out tonight? (a poem)
Every year, I write a tanabata poem for July 7th…
2021 Poetry Marathon
The 12 poems from this year’s half marathon, written between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. PT.
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An honest accounting (a poem)
One of those instances where a line popped into my head and I followed it from there. I waited to get some feedback before posting this one. I was a little surprised by a couple of the interpretations, though it was easy to see how they came to those conclusions.
So I remember (a poem)
Last night, I was watching some concert footage on YouTube of a Japanese singer I’ve been listening to a long time. Between the nostalgia and the first line of a Patti Smith Instagram post, I ended up writing this.
Ordinary Average Thoughts 