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Poetry Friday

No, I didn’t forget.

ARS POETICA

A poem should be palpable and mute As a globed fruit,

Dumb As old medallions to the thumb,

Silent as the sleeve-worn stone Of casement ledges where the moss has grown—

A poem should be wordless As the flight of birds.

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A poem should be motionless in [...]

Poetry Friday

Thursday’s early morning storm provides the inspiration for this week’s edition of Poetry Friday.

Spring Snow  

A spring snow coincides with plum blossoms. In a month, you will forget, then remember when nine ravens perched in the elm sway in wind.

I will remember when I brake to a stop, and a hubcap rolls [...]

Poetry Friday

Remembering

The years, their months turn, grave and slow, their fall and spring, again.

Mountain flowers, mountain leaves and each time’s new.

Sometimes I sit alone and smile upon the child I was, in memory now distant and a friend.

— Yuan Mei (1716 – 1798), Chinese Poet.

Video Poetry (part heaven/hell)

GREEN DAY – WAKE ME UP WHEN SEPTEMBER ENDS

Summer has come and passed The innocent can never last Wake me up when September ends

Like my fathers come to pass Seven years has gone so fast Wake me up when September ends

Here comes the rain again Falling from the stars Drenched in [...]

Video Poetry (part deux)

ALKALINE TRIO – WE’VE HAD ENOUGH

In the shadows where the heads hang low You hear voices as the wind blows, asking “can’t you see?” Reminding you to breathe It’s only time before it catches up to you and all your broken luck I found a better way to get even with my memory

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