got tagged by a yellowjacket while looking for books in the barn… didn’t know yellowjackets like old paperbacks so much…
Author: coffeehousejunkie
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yeah, i know, i should be outside roasting some dead animal on a grill, rather than obsessing over details about the poetry workshop…
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feel like i’ve been washing dishes all morning…
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Coffeehouse Junkie Podcast: An excerpt from Gregory Orr’s essay “Four Temperaments and the Forms of Poetry” will be read on today’s podcast plus an short poem.
“Go to the pine to learn of the pine,” Basho
“A haiku is far more than a concrete image of something ‘out there.’ It is very much about the cognitive awareness ‘in here.’” (via Roadrunner Journal)1
NOTES:
1) William M. Ramsey, “How One Writes in the Haiku Moment: Mythos vs. Logos,” May, 2009, Roadrunner Haiku Journal, Issue IX:2, accessed May 23, 2009, https://thehaikufoundation.org/omeka/items/show/1301
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only lost 4 plants from the cold weather earlier this week…
// i woke up from a dream in which coleman barks & i read sufi poetry in translation together…
yes… i my new, cheap coffee press… & other morning accouterments…
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every morning, around 8 or so, a raccoon visits…
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1045 feet off the edge of world…
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signing off… gonna put some sand in my books & water in ma’boots…
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after a 2 mi walk through a grey & windy morning weather… the sun is out…
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wifi + google maps = location of dunkin doughnuts (& other more notable locales)…
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triple a maps are good & google maps can suck it… best directions: follow the road signs…
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love the cold coastal waters of new england… reminds me of my norwegian roots… expect i’m not in new england & i’m not norwegian…
// & now, a hafiz moment… ‘ever since happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets trying to find you.’
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I’m leading a poetry workshop at the Flood Gallery Fine Art Center titled: Write and Do Not Waste Time… email me if your interested…
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total of 150+ seedlings planted in the garden patches…
The north patch
the north patch : containing corn, peas, pumpkin, tomatoes, cucumber, sugar peas, cantaloupe, zucchini & winter squash…
the south patch : containing cherry tomatoes, peppers (bell, jalapeno, cayenne & bannana), cabbage & spinach…
A poem is not poetry. A designed artifact is not design.
// the plants are all snug in their beds (all plants from organic seed & some are organic heirloom seeds)… the rain is coming down…
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good thing i’m finished in the garden… the national weather services has issued the following: 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED…
Field notes
// returned books to the library. ran an errand. back in time for supper. back to gardening… before it starts to rain…
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