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Author Archives: andrewwhiting
A Dive Trip
Oily silty water leaks onto uneven sidewalks, toward a crowd of wet sandals waiting to depart to relative paradise. Wealthy Indonesians, foreign tourists: from Japan, Germany, Australia, America; fleeing the stench of smog and littered rivers. Dense bands of trash: … Continue reading
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Stargazing
To be lost and to have lost Such a slight difference in semantics Spans experiential orders of magnitude To seek or to find Lost in a sea of strangers Small cities pulsing to these rhythms To relate those tones Sounds … Continue reading
Posted in Poem, Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged anxiety, free verse poetry, poem, poems, poetry, writing
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Work haiku
Lunch interrupted And a missed call, voice message detailing email Explain exceptions to set true expectations/ damn no good fraudsters Defining limits, separating unity/ harsh parameters
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Tagged daily haiku, English haiku, micro poems, poetry, writing
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Entire days spent chasing suits that don’t exist and serve no purpose, Tearing money out of pocket just to find door-like cable box–– A bleary disillusionment sweeps like ice across kindled hope, And each bit of anxiety falls away and … Continue reading
Posted in Poem, Poetry
Tagged anger, anxiety, business suits, chase, disillusion, english, poetry, sales, scams, swindle, time and money, volition, waste
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The Pythagoreans
“It’s never a good idea,” they told him sternly, “to urinate towards the Sun.” The forms are inverted, flipped on themselves to reveal untouched states Breaths in deep cold splitting like fractal patterns in frost spanning the windshield
Posted in Haiku, Poem, Poetry
Tagged cold front, English haiku, fractal patterns, inverted haiku, is there a name for that?, math, never a good idea, repeating, splitting, states, sun, untouched, urinate, weather, windshield
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Thoughts on Biographies about Salinger, Beethoven
Striving for greatness, or an inner peace; Dreams of creation versus an actuality of their destruction? Nature carved to fit the shape of minds, the form of transience–– raw intangibility etched into granite, like a perversion of entropy: endless impermanence. … Continue reading
Posted in Poem, Poetry
Tagged creation, destruction, english, entropy, existential dread, impermanence, inner peace, moral compass, original, oscillate, poem, poetry, recognition, transience, writing
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Thoughts, 1/2/14
No apparent change beside the calendar page/ renewed urgency Cloud like tidal wave sweeps over rivers, pastures bringing wind and cold This year will be more even than last, riddled with odd imbalance
Posted in Haiku
Tagged calendar, change, cold, countryside, English haiku, even, image, imbalance, micro poems, pasture, renew, riddled, roll cloud, tidal wave, urgency
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A Timely New Years (P)review
I can’t believe it either––an update, by me, about the new year, right on New Year’s day? Impossible! Oh, but the world shifts ceaselessly, and anyone seems early once he’s late enough. So here’s a quick review of my year, … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Essay
Tagged me, New year's, preview, prose, recollection, review, summary, year end
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A lapse in discipline
Trudging through weeks of uncharacteristic cold, pen succumbs to frost
Posted in Haiku
Tagged cold, discipline, English haiku, frost, poetry, succumb, trudge, uncharacteristic, writing
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$12/hr
The hourly wage, watching cents add up almost as fast as your bills A dim afternoon looms like lost prosperity, a chilled breath escapes
Posted in Haiku, Poem, Poetry
Tagged English haiku, hourly wage, micro poems, prosperity, quick read, reconsideration, resignation, underpaid
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Land of Opportunity
Now return home, resume your economic anxiety A world and an age, for which I am not suited, taunts incessantly
Posted in Haiku, Poem, Poetry
Tagged anachronism, anxiety, contemplation, economics, English haiku, exhaustion, jobs, micro poems, plans, prosperity, taunt
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Worlds away from worlds away
A night’s sleep squandered on dreams and reality filled with mosquitos Semi-circles carved by the squat waves and rip tides lining the whole beach Rocking with the swell upon a traditional Sundanese wood skiff: wooden planks, earthen waterproofing, its posts … Continue reading
Posted in Haiku, Poem, Poetry
Tagged diving, English haiku, fishing, Indonesia, internal conflict, maritime activities, micro poems, moral crisis, mosquitos, poetry, snorkeling, Sundan, waves
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Riding to Southwest Java
Two dimensional mountains shift to their true depth, emerge from the sky City smog recedes, and palm tree forests arise along the steep slopes Jagged landscape plunges into crashing sea heavy as lead The last light dwindles, flattening our distinctions … Continue reading
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Tagged altered perspective, beachside, distinction, English haiku, Indonesia, Java, micro poems, mountainside, Pelabuhan Ratu, seascape, sunset, travel
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A Journey in Progress
1. Across classrooms and countries, through careers and over continents, along siesta beaches, winter swamps, oily shores and fluorescent grocery aisles; Through the streets of unlearned cities, over and over and over bridges to the sun, whether to fantasies in … Continue reading
Posted in Poem, Poetry
Tagged allegiance, callipygian, determination, free verse poetry, inspiration, motivation, muse, poem, struggle, stubbornness
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Protected: The Check-In
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Jurong Bird Park/Garuda Airlines
His day-long headache discoloring carefully cultivated calm Morning rains give way to a stifling sun and bird calls
Posted in Haiku, Poem, Poetry
Tagged bird watching, conservation, English haiku, headaches, hot weather, ill-humor, micro poem, tourism, travel
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Soaring over Singapore
Regard harbor lit with strings of vibrant townships floating out to sea Circular steel parallax arches slowly through violet sky
Posted in Haiku, Poem, Poetry
Tagged English haiku, Ferris wheel, imagist poetry, international, micro poems, nighttime, Singapore Flyer, tourism, travel, travel writing
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Annoyance growing more by the complaint, just relax There’s only one person I can stand daily; her name’s Betsy
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Thoughts on the new Marshal Mathers LP. Continue reading
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Tagged Eminem, inspiration, lyricism, Marshall Mathers LP 2, sickness
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Diametrically Opposed Motivations
Excoriate over lack of work ethic and ambition: contemplating my hypocrisy over recognition’s meaninglessness while still refusing to write for my pleasure
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Tagged contemplation, english, Excoriate, excoriation, hypocrisy, introspection, laziness, macro haiku, meaninglessness, motivation, poetry, recognition, work ethic, writing
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Notes upon departure
In lieu of poetry, some poetical notes on apoetical things. Continue reading
Posted in Bomb-ass Eloquent Shit, Uncategorized
Tagged Ancol, commerce, departure, environment, harbor, Jakarta, litter, observations, prose poetry, smog, so-called progress, tourism, travel by sea, weekend trips
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The longer I am away the less I miss those things I left back home
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A stunning disparity Continue reading
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Tagged craftsmen, disparity, economic inequality, English haiku, Indonesia, Jakarta, micro poems, poverty, quick read, shanties, wealth
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Excerpts of a hardly notable day. Continue reading
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Tagged English haiku, haircuts, hypochondriac, indignant, micro poems, mundane, obvious, poetry
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Protected: The Pick-Up
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One wonders at the inanity of court-required educational pursuits. Continue reading
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Tagged defensive driving, English haiku, idleness, inanity, micro poems, poetry, proof of identity, speeding tickets, tedium
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Thoughts waiting for lunch
Observations between ordering and eating fettucini. Continue reading
Posted in Haiku, Poem, Poetry
Tagged cell phones, classroom, English haiku, habit, haiku, Indonesia, monotony, the awkwardness of attraction, travel, ubiquitous technology, vagrant
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An inconsistent poet jots down some words. Continue reading
Posted in Haiku
Tagged airlines, Bali, broken English, garuda, haiku, peer pressure, poems, poetic existentialism, poetry
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Fleeting moments in Bali. Continue reading
Lunch with a view
Balinese heat and Sun combine to rob vigor from a wayward poet. Continue reading
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Tagged Bali, beach, daily haiku, equatorial heat, exhaustion, Kuta, sweat, tourism
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Thoughts on mega-malls and solitary exploration. Continue reading
Posted in Haiku, Poem, Poetry
Tagged adventure, Bali, blockbusters, daily haiku, exploration, introversion, mega malls, movies, Thor: the dark world
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An awfully nice weekend in Jakarta. Continue reading
Posted in daily haiku
Tagged Bali, economic inequality, haiku, Jakarta, pondok indah mall, sushi
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UTC +7:00 (Jet lag arithmetic)
Haiku relating travels and tribulations. Continue reading
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Tagged airports, family, foreign culture, haiku, Indonesia, international travel, Jakarta
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Duty free in Doha
Hazy recollections of sixteen hour flights. Continue reading
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Tagged Doha, electricity, exhaustion, haiku, intercontinental travel, Qatar
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The clock ticks down to international flights. Continue reading
Considering trips across the equator and over date lines. Continue reading
A man compares his car to famous whales. Continue reading
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Tagged automotive surgery, Ford, fuel pump, haiku, Melville, Taurus
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A day spent in anachronistic mélange. Continue reading
Still Dancing Through Sunday
AFI plays in Austin. A loyal fan (among many others) attends. Continue reading
Quotidian objects incite elaborate metaphor Continue reading
Posted in daily haiku
Tagged absurdity, haiku, menstrual cycle, symbolism, tampons, toilets
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Thoughts on the Shutdown Continue reading
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Tagged government, idiocy, party, political poetry, republican, shutdown
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A pleasant drive on a cloudy day Continue reading
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Tagged brush, complimentary colors, driving, haiku, nature, weather
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Lightening
A smile breaks across stern face Continue reading
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Tagged feline diets, haiku, humor, poems for stoners, punctuation, to-do lists
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That strange tension, tired but not exhausted, muscles screaming Caged existence wearing on mind and patience kills poetry Difficulty in waking up to rain, eyes shut with patter
Haiku about storms, their static charge and a shitty car Continue reading
Idle hands make for somewhat interesting poems with no moral absolutism Continue reading
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Tagged boredom, discomfort, idleness, man with cats, stir-crazy, waiting
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