Category: art & literature

one deep breath: earth day

we gravitate to
spring flowers pollenating
we nourish the earth

another breath for earth day

more breaths for earth day from the poets at one deep breah 

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Mind Control

Last night I saw Stephen Marley perform at the Roseland Theater.  He’s on tour supporting the release of his first solo project.  I do find it interesting that as Stephen (and his older brother Ziggy) age, how much more he sounds like his father.  The show was a good mix of stuff from the new album and Bob’s stuff.  Stephen also had his younger brother Damian “Jr. Gong” along for the tour, so there were a few songs from Damian’s latest album done as well.

So all in all…a great show…the people around me seemed to have a great time as well…even the people without the red tired eyes 😉

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one deep breath: bridges

i have no frame
for this window between us
inside spring i gaze

 

more bridges from the poets at one deep breath 

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one deep breath: short & sweet

Inspired by the workshop I’m sitting in today (and my friend keeping me sane):

I got no window, it is a pane.

 

more short & sweet breaths from the poets at one deep breath 

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one deep breath: breath


photo by Elizabeth Moore
 —
 remembering her
breath, cherry blossoms bloom
to capture her scent
more breaths from the poets at one deep breath

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“Where I End and You Begin”

unwashed scent lingers
on memories passionate
sleep enfolded

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NYT’s “Best American Fiction of the past 25 years”

The ones I’ve read are in Bold:

Beloved-Toni Morrison
Underworld-Don DeLillo
Blood Meridian-Cormac McCarthy
Rabbit Angstrom: The Four Novels-John Updike
– Rabbit, Run, Rabbit Redux, Rabbit Is Rich, Rabbit at Rest
American Pastoral-Philip Roth
A Confederacy of Dunces-John Kennedy Toole
Housekeeping-Marilynne Robinson
Winter’s Tale-Mark Helprin
White Noise-Don DeLillo
The Counterlife-Philip Roth
Libra-Don DeLillo
Where I’m Calling From-Raymond Carver
The Things They Carried-Tim O’Brien
Mating-Norman Rush
Jesus’ Son-Denis Johnson
Operation Shylock-Philip Roth
Independence Day-Richard Ford
Sabbath’s Theater-Philip Roth
Border Trilogy-Cormac McCarthy
— All the Pretty Horses, The Crossing, Cities of the Plain
The Human Stain-Philip Roth
The Known World-Edward P. Jones
The Plot Against America-Philip Roth

It seems I have some work to do on this list.  Though at least I did get the top 3. 

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Pan’s Labyrinth

An initial reaction in verse:

we lose the magic
behind life and God
Each of us forgetting
what it means to believe
so we hold on to our self
so tightly we are scared
when someone gives themself
for us.

we lose ourselves in book
and film.  sheding tears for
lives we are too afraid to live.
we crumble into ruins hidden
by a concrete jungle
taking what we can
not what we need

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one deep breath: color(ful)

against smooth skin a
bruise raises up, reminding
sad songs of darkness

 

more color(ful) breaths from the poets at one deep breath 

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“Danger of Love”

illuminated
she burns on my dreams.  the fog
shrouds everything

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