Inspired by a song on the Cale & Eno album Wrong Way Up.
thoughts
Morning pages (a poem)
I have been doing The Artist’s Way for the last couple of years (this is my third time around). One of the practices is the morning pages, in which you just write three pages of whatever comes out. As I have become more diligent about pursuing creative activities, I have slacked off on the morning pages—so, this morning, I decided to combine the morning pages with my usual poetry writing. This poem is the result… Continue reading
Two words (a poem)
…and the irritability continues. Fortunately, there’s just one more day left in the current Mercury retrograde cycle.
A couple with their heads full of clouds (a poem)
The January 23rd prompt in The Daily Poet, by Kelli Russell Agodon and Martha Silano, is to write a poem that either uses the title of a Salvador Dalí work as the title, or includes four items from a list of titles of his work. I ended up doing both.
Reflections on a Conversation (a poem)
No prompt today. Instead, a combination of a conversation with a friend and the Japanese drama (Long Vacation) I’ve been watching the last couple of days..
May 17th 2013
Packages of memories
narrow escapes
and mental traps—
this tiny mind
makes giants of them all
Calling out in the darkness
frantically searching
for the light of an idea
My frozen heart
seeks your warmth
Yet I double back against myself
cross well-worn ground to wear me down
Regrets may cease, but their stains still linger
as I walk towards the brand new day
(17 May 2013)
National Poetry Writing Month: Day 22 (April 22, 2013)
Ignoring today’s prompt; writing a pastoral poem doesn’t interest me. Continue reading
Ordinary Average Thoughts 