Today’s napowrimo.net prompt is to translate a poem. My Day #30 poem can be found here. I wanted to fix it up a bit more, however, as it felt incomplete. So—bonus round!—here is a somewhat more polished version, in which I worry less about preserving the exact meaning of the original. It’s not an out-and-out rewrite (even [...]
Tag: night
National Poetry Writing Month, Day #30
Today’s napowrimo.net prompt is to translate a poem. Seeing as how the closest thing I have to poetry in a foreign language is my small-ish collection of Japanese albums, and I do have experience translating Japanese, I chose as my poem a song by Nav Katze. Green Eye Reflections in water, adrift on a moonlit night [...]
That’s what Xmas means to me (A poem)
Watching movies on Xmas eve… Lights out, America it’s a full-moon Xmas this year and here I am the night before Xmas eve preparing to sleep alone That’s what Xmas means to me I’ve got a tiny metal tree a nativity scene in a box stockings packed safely away Another silent night? That sounds about [...]
Illumination (A poem)
Getting back to it after a bit of a break. Note that I am using illumination here in the Japanese sense; examples of illumination can be seen here and here. It’s been years since I last saw the lights opulent displays of color and bright to enliven the season distract from the chill with festivities running on into [...]
She’ll forget about me in time (A poem)
A poem about the moon—and yes, the use of the word passed is intentional… The moon still comes around to her place in the night sky Some nights, I think she’s trying to get my attention a spotlight in search of a performer or a fugitive on the run I don’t have much use for the [...]
The new day (a poem)
Sometimes I wonder why new days start in the middle of the night… Welcome to the new day here in the middle of the night What begins in darkness shall end in darkness That’s where we’ve drawn the lines— can’t turn back from it now There is a cost for lighting the flame but the [...]
Sleep (A poem)
More or less self-explanatory… The distant hum Falling rain Quiet The night come down Peace in this moment Some things are better left behind troubles of the day Sleep Surrender to the night Close your eyes Sleep (1 December 2015—posted December 2)
Questions I ask in the dark (A poem)
Late night writing, with filters down… Oh, God what must I see to make it through? Who must I be to be noticed by you? Who could find what makes me live? What, pray tell, is left for me to forgive? (21 November 2015)
I am a stranger here (a poem)
Off to a better start today… I do not understand what I see My night time visions are unclear to even me The house is filled with many nice things I am a stranger there I am a stranger here Alone by the freeway I must find a way to get home The map tells [...]
There is no way to interrupt the process once it has begun (a poem)
Had trouble sleeping at first last night, so I tried writing a few things… Spinning squares send spiky spirals splashing across the factory floor but the machinery doesn’t stop Though I escape by roundabout means and random dodges I can still feel the shredded layers of skin about my mouth and face It heals quickly [...]
