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Category Archives: Poetry
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
Posted in daily haiku, Haiku, Poem, Poetry
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 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
Posted in Haiku, Poem, Poetry
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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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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Thoughts on the new Marshal Mathers LP. Continue reading
Posted in Haiku, Poem, Poetry
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
Posted in Haiku, Poem, Poetry
Tagged contemplation, english, Excoriate, excoriation, hypocrisy, introspection, laziness, macro haiku, meaninglessness, motivation, poetry, recognition, work ethic, writing
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A stunning disparity Continue reading
Posted in Haiku, Poem, Poetry
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
Posted in Haiku, Poem, Poetry
Tagged English haiku, haircuts, hypochondriac, indignant, micro poems, mundane, obvious, poetry
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One wonders at the inanity of court-required educational pursuits. Continue reading
Posted in Haiku, Poem, Poetry
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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UTC +7:00 (Jet lag arithmetic)
Haiku relating travels and tribulations. Continue reading
Posted in Haiku
Tagged airports, family, foreign culture, haiku, Indonesia, international travel, Jakarta
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The light from Sol falls ever more slanted, heat dissipates Long shadows, browned oaks and green fences, Lawn’s vacant patches Intensity personified as Spanish, playing with slice
Sunday, absent Sunday
Leaving notes to inconsiderate neighbors, Wipe shit from shoe Disgruntled elderly Asian man fears broken window A habit made of caring for abandoned cats, Annoyed but content
Posted in Haiku
Tagged Austin plastic bag ban, dog waste bags, haiku a day, sucking at tennis
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Morning sun, shimmering tepid waters of Lake Austin Sleep in blocks of ten minutes/ morning escapes Shaking loose seventeen syllables, free poet
Posted in Haiku
Tagged diversify, English haiku, lake Austin, poem a day, poetic structure, snooze alarm
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Fall ’09
Life, or a series of unrequited sentiments, will reward patience Semesters begin and distant memories swell like adulation
Posted in Haiku
Tagged adulation, daily haiku, poetry, romance, university, unrequited sentiments
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As storms without rain turn to weeks sans internet tranquility mounts The world’s worst roommate, oh so close to out the door–– good goddamn riddance
Posted in Haiku
Tagged daily haiku, internet, nature, riddance, roommates, tranquility
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This evening’s show lightning in the distance stretching like branches Near-black violet cast off by white-hot flashes, electric blue bolts
Posted in Haiku
Tagged daily haiku, evening, hot flashes, lightning, nature, show, thunderstorms
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At the range
Wicked slice today–– I hope no one was pelted when some cleared the fence Isn’t fifteen feet of elevation equal to ten yards’ distance?
Chester’s Next Big Day Out
Continually biological process deplete bank account After that abscess I am weary of eclairs, any yellow gels The old golf swing has lost some power, but at least I still hit the ball
Posted in Haiku
Tagged daily haiku, golf, haiku a day, infection, out of practice, veterinarian
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Like tennis, only easier and more painful
Successfully played racquetball for the first time, despite being late And I only hurt my elbow, shoulder and chest, So now I need ice
Posted in Haiku
Tagged daily haiku, haiku a day, injury prone, Racquetball, social tardiness
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Still Sunday out West so technically it is posting on schedule Winning doesn’t count if you sucked while doing it call me unsporting
Posted in Haiku
Tagged bowling, competitive spirit, daily haiku, deadlines, golf, time zones
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Half-hearted titles
Cloudy expansesand Vietnamese noodlesmake relaxing days An infected woundover kitty’s right eye drainsmore than one expects More than anyoneTexas heat really loves summer,hopes it never ends Trees shift in dry airand sway like wavering thoughts,idyllic midday
Posted in Haiku, Uncategorized
Tagged abscess, daily haiku, Pho, poem a day, wavering
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Sleepy Fridays
Got to bed early just to wake to construction at absurd hours OK––two days now? Meh, can’t blame the guys in the unbearable sun Small cups of coffee help keep those jitters from hands, legs, arms and shoulders
Posted in Haiku
Tagged coffee, construction, daily haiku, jittery, Texas heat, up early
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Musing upon crepuscular rays
Striated layers of smoke spanning the room’s width–– small Sargasso Sea Recall the things unchanging like first day crowds, the smell of the bus [A shorter haircut years ago might’ve paid off]
Aprolific
It’s just hard to write, spending seasons repressing loss perpetual
Summoned to Travis County Courthouse
Hundred and five bucks for court costs on a ticket? It’s just paperwork!
Posted in Haiku
Tagged bureaucracy, court, fines, haiku, inconvenience, Travis County
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Starving Artist(ic tools)
The pen grows hungry crying out for sustenance from forgetful hand
Page counter blues
So much time spent in digital isolation, view counter zero It’s always been said, “It’s not how, it’s how many,” I don’t like that line.
Posted in Haiku
Tagged haiku a day, isolation, keep at it bloggers!, page views, truisms
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Twelve hours late
Lazy days fearing speeding tickets flowering into felonies A stupor of heat unceasingly, subtly brings Summer lethargy
Posted in Haiku
Tagged felonies, haiku a day, lethargy, poetry, speeding tickets, summer
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Retitled
As heat grows milder, cicadas reach a diminuendo, September looms. The world’s a scary place if you aren’t the one creating it all.
Posted in Haiku, Uncategorized
Tagged cicadas, diminuendo, haiku a day, september, uncertainty
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The things that remain
A house’s frame shakes, reverberates whenever it shuts out the world Someone should have said something about alcohol to you back in D.A.R.E.
Posted in Haiku
Tagged alcoholism, chronic use of doors, reverberation, summer haiku, thesaurus
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An increasingly uncomfortable evening at home
Shifting furniture like empty lungs struggling against the void. Immeasurably,the sanity of otherserodes confidence
New LCD Haiku
Computer returns With a sparkling new display Still feels like old times Long weekend, got plans That involve lots of free food/ Tightening knickers Silence of the mind, Blending notes of contentment With anxiety
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