December 2009
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dreaming of Irish girls (sepia draft)
the moment i saw her
she haunted my mind,
a vision in sepia,
with color implied,
and pupils still dancing
in league with her smile
like she was still breathing -
- not frozen in time.
it left me to wonder
what must it be like
to bear such a hunger
and shine such a light?
i wanted to ask her
what lingered inside -
- what flame lit the pilot
that shone in her eyes.
in dreams i still...
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unseen
This is a handwritten repost of a haiku included in the book, with a slight edit made to the wording. The original version is here.
things we cannot see
often amount to more than
those we think we can
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good on paper
I’ve always longed to be a person who could effortlessly hold up his end of any conversation, the sort of man who impresses others with his wit and wisdom. But I’ve never been that clever, which is probably why I cling to writing so much.
The thing that brought this to mind is I recently met someone who sparked my creativity. My first real communication with her was a haiku...
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disillusion
I liked the concept of this one when I first wrote it, but the more I thought about it, the less enthralled I was with reliability as an ideal. I guess it’s really just a matter of perspective, which is why I finally went with it.
lose your illusions
and give yourself to something
more reliable
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girl x
there’s a girl who inspires me,
and her smile ignites me like a fuse.
if only i would let my heart speak
with the voice it longs to use,
maybe i could find the courage
to expose this subtle fire,
instead of pacing through my own head,
tripping over broken wires.
*
(an acknowledgement to the unnamed muse, as well as to the Jason Isbell tune that made the rhythm seem to work and the...
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explaining Emma's haiku
Last month I posted a secondhand haiku written by the almost-four-year-old Emma Rose Martino. The other day her father wrote a neat explanation of the process the whole family went through to make that haiku possible. I found it fascinating - maybe you will too.
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eggs in a basket
if I entrust you
w/holding on to it all,
I can’t let you go
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Sabrina's smile
Sabrina compiles
late night sandwiches w/her
indelible smile
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kindred spirits
the 3 a.m. wind
is just another lost soul
yearning to be found
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inventory control
squeezing what is done
to make room for what’s to come
— cycle carries on
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