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Tag 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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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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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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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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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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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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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
The clock ticks down to international flights. Continue reading
The Trouble With Words
Tell me, how does one write poetry in a language so sorely lacking in words as English? How does one compensate for the absence of a word describing that feeling of destiny when a cute girl with curly hair and … Continue reading
Line break
Arbitrary enjambment/ Surp rise!
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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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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Stoner Haiku Returns
Structure helps when you Can’t find any words to say Just think in rhythm The oddest thing on Days like this has got to be Eating like normal Stagnating in plot Process, imagination and resolution Once shrouded in sleep Months … Continue reading
Less Unfinished
Idly dancing shapes, like castles of shadows, the mathematical derision creeping–– Early angled winter evening light through gates interred like waves of particles drifting to impossible locations. Interaction undetectable without perturbation; Crisscrossing lines to disturb elation fluctuating in time despite … Continue reading
Posted in Poem, Poetry
Tagged poem, poems, poetry, progression, punctuation, sketch, unfinished, writing
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Unfinished
Idly dancing shapes like castles of shadows The mathematical derision creeping Early angled winter evening light Through gates interred like waves of Particles drifting to impossible locations Interaction undetectable without perturbation Crisscrossing lines to disturb elation Fluctuating in time despite … Continue reading
Posted in Poem, Poetry
Tagged Andrew Whiting, experiment, poem, poems, poetry, sketch, unfinished, writing
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Premier autoportrait
Shattering glass as a career choice no matter how much sex you get isn’t satisfying “Backfire” is the most perfect word I ever heard in my whole stupid short life It’s a frequent matter of debate if a fall or … Continue reading
Posted in Poem, Poetry
Tagged Andrew Whiting, big words, lassitude, poem, poems, poetry, read, self-portrait, sentiment, writing
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Random notes
Here are some excerpts from my “Nonrealized Poetical Stuff” file: I like you. I like thinking about you, and dreaming about you, and trying to remember how you smell. I think you’re stunning, and gorgeous, and sexy in every way. … Continue reading
Posted in Bomb-ass Eloquent Shit, Poem, Poetry, Prose, Uncategorized
Tagged congratulation, giddiness, outright failure, poem, poetry, prose, story arcs, unmanned rocket, writing
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Words, like neoplasia
Sometimes words, like neoplasia Start as nothing but seemingly benign Mere irregularities in subject matter One wonders, marvels, baffles At how they could have seemed so hideous Such weak little worthless things Rolling off tongues like kisses Sweet and delicate … Continue reading
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