who wouldn’t be when asked to pen a poem on hope? Still, hoping for the best, I’ve penned three haiku on the topic.
Archive for April, 2010
Haunted by Emily Dickinson
Posted in Uncategorized on April 23, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Limp(ett)ing along
Posted in Uncategorized on April 20, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I started to think it was just me, and that the algorithm of my personal energy was perniciously hacked into my computer system: both offline. Then I remembered Jung and the revenge of the inaminate when he stayed away from Bollingen too long. Meanwhile, there are small signs of returning life, and creatures are featuring in two [...]
Alone and palely loitering
Posted in Uncategorized on April 16, 2010 | 2 Comments »
That damn belle dame Time has been having her way with me of late. Too many calls on my consciousness temporarilly killed the poetic connection. Involuntary offline at home makes for a matched set in Ah-El - ’Gone dark’ in all domains. On a recovery mission to complete as many unfinished tasks as possible. I contemplate Lao Tzu: ‘Nature does not hurry, [...]
Post partum poet
Posted in Uncategorized on April 3, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Metaphorically speaking, of course. I may have hailed cæsura, but life and death have a way of rolling on regardless. The monastery retreat was brief but powerful. The first morning wrote a poem on the theme of ‘grace’, as requested. Went to sleep after lunch, was sucked into a vortex of dreams, until somewhere a [...]