Let all of life be an unfettered howl. Like the crowd greeting the gladiator. Don’t stop to think, don’t interrupt the scream, exhale, release life’s rapture. Everything is blooming. Everything is flying. Everything is screaming, choking on its screams. Laughter. Running. Let-down hair. That is all there is to life.
Posted on August 20th, 2008 by Matthew
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The Orange by Wendy Cope
At lunchtime I bought a huge orange -
The size of it made us all laugh.
I peeled it and shared it with Robert and Dave -
They got quarters and I had a half.
And that orange, it made me so happy.
As ordinary things often do
Just lately. The shopping. A walk in the park.
This [...]
Posted on August 20th, 2008 by Matthew
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Oftentimes, when teaching aspiring poets, you will see a particular mistake repeated frequently. This mistake is one of apology or introduction, where the poet feels that their idea, their goal, or the emotion they wish to communicate is not powerful enough on its own, and so they seek to introduce the premise to garner buy-in [...]
Posted on August 4th, 2008 by Matthew
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I was unable to focus long enough to get more than a paragraph of fiction written, but at least I’ve accomplished something today.
Brenda and I played Haikai earlier which resulted in a somewhat humorous and confusing poem. Since the poem is built by multiple people alternating stanzas, they can be composed/played over longer periods of [...]
Posted on July 23rd, 2008 by Matthew
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Brenda discovered a new game during our training session. Three-line stanzas were written by me, and the two-line stanzas were written by her.
While sun sets on
hazy streets, chill clouds rise
over wearied monitors.
Fireflies wink softly
as faces reflect harsh light
of gridded sheets that cover
but provide no warmth
or comforting cells.
Numbers dance and blur
as I fall into daydreams of [...]
Posted on July 23rd, 2008 by Matthew
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