Poetry, Literature, and Writing – Page 21

trains again

September 8, 2005

I have lived all my life within the sound of these trains… Sometimes, every few years, I have to write about them to make the sound of them quit haunting me. But it isn’t nearly time again for that yet.

[teardrop]

July 18, 20051 Comment

if you hold a teardrop up high enough you can see the whole world, reflected then, which is bigger: the world or the teardrop?

Today's bit from Issa

June 7, 2005

ISSA ARCHIVE SEARCH RESULTS 1818 おのづから頭の下たるぼたん哉 onozukara zu no sagaritaru botan kana by itself my head bows… peony! Or: “the head.” Issa bows to the peony. More accurately, “the head, by itself” is bowing without conscious intention on the part of the poet. For this reason, I first translated zu no sagaritaru literally as “the … Continue reading Today's bit from Issa

[purpose]

May 18, 2005

i light up the sunshine as i move