September 2011
1 post
July 2011
1 post
Another older one
Was thinking about posting a newer thing. Thought again.
“Pretty Blue Dress’s Girl”
I. Oh, pretty blue dress, cling so sinuously Who lends definition, you or who you define? II. Rumpled azul lining, pleated ocean swells Moved by ocean breezes, attracting to repel and Gold kingdoms part waters, gold on top of mother’s Land to glisten glib, and sky repelled from Sand, its...
June 2011
7 posts
A final one for today
Wouldn’t do to move through my archives too quickly, now would it
Spring Eternal! Spring eternal! rainin down on us Spring Eternal! Colouring our days Spring Eternal! howlin at the cars Spring Eternal! Bringin us to rise Spring Eternal! livenin our being Spring Eternal! Bringin us together Spring Eternal! Darkenin our deeds Spring Eternal! Soilin the evenings Spring Eternal! Don’t...
This one's in spanish
I have a translation but pish posh, figure it out. But I have been digging through my old store place for my poetry and will be posting some older ones for a bit
“abajo la luna”
Doy fuego
a mi cigarillo y
se fuma
abajo la luna.
-
Doy sonido
a mi camina y
se oye
abajo la luna.
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Doy voz
a mi boca y
se habla
abajo la luna.
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Doy silencio
a mi mente y
me muero,
abajo...
Another recent one
“Ad ventura” Like coming in from the snow and, Shaking off your jacket, finding A warm glow to the air as though There were a fire in the corner but Forgetting to notice if there were While you sink, overwhelmed, into a couch. — It’s seeing yourself at a new place You remember from the heroes of your Past, though gone, that whispers to you All the steps so you will feel a...
Revamp
So at the suggestion (encouragement?) of dear Jabberwocky, I am intending to revamp this into something more oriented around my writing (though also featuring writing that I sincerely enjoy). In the spirit of that:
I.
Storm clouds
flash
in the distance
but that is not
the drum I hear
II.
If the wind blew
my bottle away
I cannot blame
the wind, nor the
bottle
...
May 2011
8 posts
Don’t go far off, not even for a day, because —
because — I...
– Love Sonnet XLV, by Pablo Neruda « Great Poems » Greatest Books of All Time
The Wrong House
I went into a house, and it wasn’t a house,
It has big...
– Alan Alexander (A. A.) Milne
April 2011
8 posts
*rana june: Words That Don't Exist in the English... →
Gheegle: (Filipino) The urge to pinch or squeeze something that is unbearably cute.
Cualacino: (Italian) The mark left on a table by a cold glass.
Sgriob: (Gaelic) The itchiness that overcomes the upper lip just before taking a sip of whisky
L’esprit de escalier: (French) The feeling you…
March 2011
17 posts
Once a little boy sent me a charming card with a little drawing on it. I loved...
– Maurice Sendak (via forcessweetheart)
I once sent a dozen of my friends a telegram saying ‘flee at once - all is...
– Mark Twain
February 2011
11 posts
Anonymous asked: boredom and I chose to absorb this nonsense of 29 pages.
your writing is horribly beguiling.
hoe-bag. fuck-bag.
hah. i'm a-non-misses.
shit-bag. ass-wallet. foreskin-wallet.
your writing is horribly beguiling.
hoe-bag. fuck-bag.
hah. i'm a-non-misses.
shit-bag. ass-wallet. foreskin-wallet.