tiny icy hail
falls slantwise through streaming sun
melting to rainbow
-all posts-
Explanatory
LIFE
is an artist insane
painting his way
with the world…
Edging out
Seasons depart peripherally.
Juggernautical chaos
do not even need
to write poem about life
title says it all
Fresh air & birdsong
An open window is good company, like the burning candle of Lichtenberg.
“Man loves company even if it is only that of a small burning candle.”
Icy gaze
owls fierce in summer
are fiercer yet in winter —
it’s mating season
Over & again
“…we are human beings who can never be born enough…”
—Ken Sekaquaptewa and Candy St. Jacques, Sahuaro, yearbook of the Associated Students of Arizona State University, 1970
Literary life
My life is — in a word — words.
Long ago now
I am searching for my feelings
through shelves of dusty books
can’t help but feel I’ve left them
in some forgotten ancient nooks
as if an author long before me
captured my emotions in his day
and saved them in fine poetry
for future me to find someway
Majesty of nature
“We can tap into the majesty of nature by noticing a single fleeting moment of beauty.”
—Christian Howard, Apple Fitness+, calm meditation, Ep96, 2022
Segue
Joyfully spring from the last breaths of summer and gracefully fall
Morning armor
Coffee makes me invincible. But when the cup is empty, I return to mere mortal.
Weekly feels
Saturday:
Sunday:
Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Friday:
Images in the public domain, modified t.g.
• Saturday — Zandrie by Marian Edwards Richards, 1909, illustration by Harriet Roosevelt Richards, published by The Century Co., contributed by New York Public Library, digitized by Google Books, books.google.com
• Sunday — Happy Days by Oliver Herford, 1917, illustrated by John Cecil Clay, published by Mitchell Kennerley, Internet Archive, contributed by University of California Libraries, digitizing sponsor Microsoft, archive.org
• Monday — Wellcome Collection. ‘A young woman of Vienna who died of cholera, depicted four hours before death.’ Coloured stipple engraving, c.1831. wellcomecollection.org
• Tuesday — Happy Days by Oliver Herford, 1917, illustrated by John Cecil Clay, published by Mitchell Kennerley, Internet Archive, contributed by University of California Libraries, digitizing sponsor Microsoft, archive.org
• Wednesday — I got this from an old book years ago but haven’t yet been able to find my notes with the source; oops.
• Thursday — Woman in Sacred Song, compiled and edited by Eva Munson Smith, 1888 edition, published by Arthur E. Whitney, digitized by Google Books, books.google.com
• Friday — Wellcome Collection. ‘Skeletons dancing.’ Etching by R. Stamper after Christopher Sharp. 1700s. wellcomecollection.org