A shadorma.
poetry
The parts of the movie I saw before falling asleep because it was late and I was tired (a poem)
It is a new month, meaning time to come up with a new challenge. After looking at a few different things, I settled upon the shadorma, a six-line form with a syllable count of 3/5/3/3/7/5. My initial effort using this form is an ekphrastic poem, inspired by the Richard Lester version of The Three Musketeers.
Funny face (a poem)
An ekphrastic poem, inspired by Lu De’an’s painting The Great Return—Lao Zi.
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Maybe it’s the neon markers… (a poem)
An ekphrastic poem, inspired by Yan Li’s painting Self-thinking.
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The manifesto (a poem)
An ekphrastic poem, inspired by Yang Xiaobin’s photograph, Deng-ism.
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‘…and the tea’ (a poem)
An ekphrastic poem, inspired by Peter Juvonen’s painting Tea in the Conservatory and the Pet Shop Boys movie It Couldn’t Happen Here.
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Updated project list, 2004–present
Here is the list of my creative projects from 2004 to the present; all bear the art (sometimes ART) prefix: Continue reading
Sweetness and light (a poem)
Thanks to the interwebs, I got to see and hear most of Lush’s in-studio performance on KCRW this morning as it happened. It also happens to be a sunny day in my neck of the woods.
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Empty world (a poem)
An ekphrastic poem, inspired by the photo I shot outside of VALA Art Center on September 16th.
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The combined big ol’ list o’ books and where to get them
And here is the combined list that includes both print and e-book editions:
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Ordinary Average Thoughts 