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I *
dry, bent knuckles
curl around a picture frame,
holding her
II *
his wanton wallet
meets the badge in her bra:
a booby trap
dry, bent knuckles
curl around a picture frame,
holding her
II *
his wanton wallet
meets the badge in her bra:
a booby trap
Literature
The Quilt
It began with the dreams. Minute, stabbing dreams that hit me in the back of the neck like torpedoes, shattering my rest only minutes after I had passed into sleep, leaving me shell-shocked and frightened in the seeping darkness and crowded shadows.
I say dreams - and not nightmares – because they were not uniformly horrific. Not, at least, in content. But they all shared one thing: they were physical in nature – received not just by my mind’s eyes and ears, but by my whole body. And one other thing: never in any case was I transported, as is usual, to some far-off dreamscape – nor even to any reconstructed scene of my e
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afterthoughts are people too
imagine that
loving someone
and having the strength
to do something about it
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THREE DAYS FROM NOW
for Daniela Jara's 20th birthday on 6.21.04
three days from now
she will rise up to the playground of angels
fighter jets and zeppelins
burst open the door
translate her body into an equation
of one–hundred twenty pounds moving
nine–point–eight meters per second per second
and tumble from heaven
because she wants to taste the sky
on her birthday
this is the part of the poem
where I should drop metaphors
about falling in love with her
or how she's already fallen from heaven once
or something about shooting stars
or glass ceilings
but this isn't a love poem
I said I would fall alongside her
stretch out fingers to find her
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Here are my attempts at the Senryu style for `jade-pandora's workshop. One is of memory, and one more humorous (not often do I use puns...). I hope you like them.
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In the 1st piece --
I don’t really see evidence of senryu in this piece. While this is an intimate memory, there is no sense of irony, cynicism, or other element of “mushin” (discussed in my second journal) in this piece. The image here is serene, which senryu is not known for. Regardless, this is a good attempt!
In the 2nd piece --
This piece is excellent! Not only is there an image of sexuality and human folly, but you have also made perfect use of a pun; a technique well known in senryu! Nicely done --
and thank you for having participated in the workshop!
I don’t really see evidence of senryu in this piece. While this is an intimate memory, there is no sense of irony, cynicism, or other element of “mushin” (discussed in my second journal) in this piece. The image here is serene, which senryu is not known for. Regardless, this is a good attempt!
In the 2nd piece --
This piece is excellent! Not only is there an image of sexuality and human folly, but you have also made perfect use of a pun; a technique well known in senryu! Nicely done --
and thank you for having participated in the workshop!