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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
Posted in daily haiku, Haiku, Poem, Poetry
Tagged daily haiku, English haiku, micro poems, poetry, writing
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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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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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Considering trips across the equator and over date lines. Continue reading
Productivity booming, the work is slipshod, Insufficient Marking on stories borne within a foreign mind, Sanguinary notes
Posted in daily haiku
Tagged editing, haiku a day, lacklustre, massacre, perfectionism, writing
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In the Interim
To tide you over for the time between now and when I finally write something fully-formed again, here are some randomly selected jottings from my pocket notebook over the last month or two since my computer fell victim yet again … Continue reading
Posted in Bomb-ass Eloquent Shit, Notes, Uncategorized
Tagged Andrew Whiting, not dead, time, writing
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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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Misplaced Ruminations
[This is a timed writing exercise I had to do for some job I didn’t really want. It was an hour, and I took about fifty-two minutes to write it and only another six to proof-read so it’s a little … Continue reading
Posted in Analytical, Bomb-ass Eloquent Shit, Essay, Personal Essay, Uncategorized
Tagged Andrew Whiting, ego-boost, fake reviews of fake books, jobs, review, 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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