January 2010
16 posts
very much intrigued and wanting to read this inventive book. http://bit.ly/9ierO7
“The most feared punctuation on earth - how to use a semicolon” by @Oatmeal (via @WillBrown) http://bit.ly/cNdqq8
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winter in Oakland is a recurring mid-autumn day, with rain showers probable, and fat lemons in the trees. EastBay Winter
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dark blue moutains hush / blue hued clouds whispering to / the sun gilded sea. PacificCoast airborne haiku
airport bound, and on to Oakland.
temperate air wrings the soak from the earth, snowmelt pouring from every hill i drive past, feeding a bulging brown creek in every hollow.
new moon dark, the clear night sky. sparkling through wooded acres i spy stars so bright, i look again, wondering what phosphor burns there.
Kurt Vonnegut’s letter home after release from POW camp, 29 May 1945 http://bit.ly/56xQqG (via @ZuluKane)
i wanted to see what happens writing haiku with a 5-syllable word. “photosynthesis” tasted sterile, more from the laboratory than the heart.
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photosynthesis / starved, snow laden, wind weary / leafless winter trance. deciduous haiku #3
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photosynthesis / starved, snow bent, wind worn leafless / languid winter trance. deciduous haiku #2
as sun melt drips them longer, south facing icicles soften at the base, crashing like buckets of rocks on the tin porch roof. - @MYKLiAM
after 4 days of steady snowfall, last night’s fresh tracks are left naked, their edges softening in the morning light. - @MYKLiAM
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the tarnished river / churns against an upstream gale / curling star white chop. Susquehanna haiku #2
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windblown upstream curls / the choppy Susquehanna / river, star pebbled . Maryland haiku #1