It's just me yo.
No, really. THIS is how I do it.
I think about a lot of random stuff and I like to write it down. I believe in a lot of things and I think an equal amount of stuff is total crap. I am a cynical optimist. I am real. I like synchronicity and idiosyncrasy. My brain works quickly, which does not guarantee accuracy but is not A.D.D. Usually my mouth works even more quickly. I thought being really tall and living in Asia was pretty cool; but I am super glad to be back in California now. I want to be happy, bendy and satisfied... Because really, who wouldn't?-
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Tag Archives: poetry
I thought of Bukowski again today.
We are Born like this Into this Into these carefully mad wars Into the sight of broken factory windows of emptiness Into bars where people no longer speak to each other Into fist fights that end as shootings and knifings … Continue reading
King Lear: We haiku you.
Irrational Lear Lost everything he owned Once hidden, now known. I give you King Lear: Madness, betrayal, bad weather. Everybody dies. The eye does not see when the storm reduces man madness his nature Lear – angry, crazy: A dragon … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Education, Work, Writing
Tagged AP Literature, haiku, King Lear, poetry, rules, Shakespeare, stormy weather, teaching, tempests, The Tempset
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…and what’s that spell?
A starburst. A cataclysmic event. A nebulous constellation of color. Memorable. Made of a multidunious melange. Meandering through the madness. Abstract. A place in the sun. A view of the world. Necessary. Noteworthy. Never easy, not often simple. Distant but … Continue reading
Posted in art, Perception, Silliness, Writing
Tagged alliteration, images, me, names, poetry, self-image, self-reflection, Sense of self, verse
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Thank you 欧阳江河 (Ouyang Jianghe)
Poetry. Again. No escape. I guess I will just admit it. I like it. Dammit. Last week one of my students came in with a proposal for a literature project on the Chinese poet Ouyang Jianghe. What the fuck? Chinese … Continue reading
Posted in art, China, Work, Writing
Tagged Chinese Poets, Dimitri Shostakovich, literature, Ouyang Jianghe, poetry, teaching
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On Communication (again.)
A World Where News Travelled Slowly It could take from Monday to Thursday and three horses. The ink was unstable, the characters cramped, the paper tore where it creased. Stained with the leather and sweat of its journey, the envelope … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Perception, Relationships, The Future
Tagged Communication, Coneheads, Lavinia Greenlaw, poetry, progress
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Something to consider.
and the world’s got me dizzy again you’d think after [so many] years I’d be used to the spin and it only feels worse when I stay in one place so I’m always pacing around or walking away I keep … Continue reading
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