Category: Journal
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20 August: Journal of Thoughts from Last Week
A Journal of Thoughts from Last Week (A Haibun) The U in Us The sound of lambs still echo behind me, and there I stood on this summer-ripe day, the sea calm as a comfortable marriage, blue sky holding the sun like a great bell under a hollow sky, clang-banging a cure for man-made undertows…
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20 August: Journal of Thoughts from Last Week
A Journal of Thoughts from Last Week The I In It I weaveeach thread a whispered word its every silver tone, a lone bird tune a note amethyst clear as a fiery star amber of a spreading dawnweave I . Some artwork is created using Midjourney AI, and is identified as such in the ALT…
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17 August: Journal of Thoughts from Last Week
A Journal of Thoughts from Last Week The O in the One that Got Away As deep as mossthat holds footprintsthere beside the creek beyond the glint of sunwas the trout that Dadwas never able to catch Some artwork is created using Midjourney AI, and is identified as such in the ALT text or captioned.…
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16 August: Journal of Thoughts from Last Week
A Journal of Thoughts from Last Week The O In Oh Mum didn’t want a dog, didn’t want cats, didn’t much have room in her life for kids either she once told me, but like it or not here I am, I replied. I was 12. To my eyes, she was as old and rough-tongue…
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15 August: Journal of Thoughts from Last Week
A Journal of Thoughts from Last Week The O in Oh Osnabrück’s Bocksturm “Witch’s” Tower There are places in this city that draw my eyes downward to the smooth-worn cobblestones, to broken feet and courageous eyes, to the shifts in colour by the ancient towers, to ribbons of silk in the hot blue sky, and…
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25 July: Journal of Thoughts from Last Week
A Journal of Thoughts from Last Week I.Caged (a haibun) My sister has a glass display dome, its base supporting a small bare twisted branch, and on that branch are perched 8 stuffed hummingbirds of blazing plumage that drip of scarlet, emerald and purpled blues. Each bird with its glassy eyes, each bird with claws…
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24 July: Journal of Thoughts from Last Week
A Journal of Thoughts from Last Week The I In It of culture,of art,for some too intangible, and they put riches on their body, rather than in their heart. Some artwork is created using Midjourney AI, and is identified as such in the ALT text or captioned. Images are copyright and not to used without…
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21 July: Journal of Thoughts from Last Week
A Journal of Thoughts from Last Week The I In It Mum let me pick out the material – deepest blue denim. That dress cost as much as a week’s groceries; she reminded me of that every time I wore it. This child who had always run wild against the wind now wanted to be…
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20 July: Journal of Thoughts from Last Week
A Journal of Thoughts from Last Week The I In It Sometimes I Forget She’s Gone For a time she was the best in meFor a time I half believed in rights and wrongsFor a time I believed in poetic sympathythat poetry was my friend For a while we were a summer meadowFor a while…
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19 July: Journal of Thoughts from Last Week
The I In It The Daily Annoyances of Being a Pretzel My shoes are on a floor mat and I’m wearing one of those crinkly sounding procedure gowns that feels like paper … sitting, waiting for the doctor, and I spin off a few minutes looking through the window at dense summer green and misty…
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