Tag: photo
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Post-Thanksgiving Gratitude: a #PSA #haibun
Sometimes it’s important to take a step back. That’s why I needed an extended recess: to step back, reflect, and listen. To what my writer’s intuition tells me with a calm, clear mind. To rest the creativity that I draw on to write. To clearly follow the path of poetry. I have done…
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#SilentSunday (11/18/18)
A well-needed rest from #haiku I will take an early Thanksgiving break this week. See you next Monday.
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#Performance Announcement (11/17/18)
I hope to perform tonight. How about you? November the Open Mic awaits Come for the Poetry, stay for the love. Or Vice Versa!
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Virgil’s Lament: a #writephoto #haibun (11/16/18)
Did I live lone enough to see the Eagle soar? Surely I did not survive to it fall. And yet, over and over, from this shadow of the living world ever beyond time, I see the Eagle rise anew. Only to see it fall again. Would that Augustus had listened to me!…
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An Awaited Turn in the Weather: A #TBT #Haibun featuring my latest from .@ImageCurve
Ever experience a turn in the weather?
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Ode to a Certain Age: a #haibun
Should I praise you? There are those that would say, “Consider the alternative.” It’s hard to gainsay them, but does that mean I owe you such gratitude that I should sing adulations? You, in whom the aches compound. You, in whom I glance in the mirror, and each time notice more of…
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Memorial Stone: A .@ImageCurve #haibun
Mom and I see the headstone. Salmon, just as we chose. Smooth on top and along the sides, it emerges from a rough base of the same hue. Scattered grass grows on the flattened earth six feet in front of it. We remove the in-ground matching vases. Struggle to insert the simple bouquets we bought…
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Verum Honorem
We say we want the truth. But the ancient Assyrians had a saying: “Tell the truth, but leave soon after.” They knew what we won’t admit–no one wants to bear the truth. Whether its stoning prophets during Biblical times, or declaring reporters the “Enemy of the people,” We don’t want the truth. We…
