Here's a quote from the book I'm currently reading (checked out from the NYPL), "The City in Crimson Cloak" by Asli Erdogan (translated from the Turkish by Amy Spangler):
She felt a strong desire to run barefoot into the future; an urge to draw her sword and run her horse at full gallop, straight into the formidable front battle line of life... This, she thought, was probably what they meant by "joie de vivre."
Besides wishing I could write like that (if only!) ... this particularly spoke to me; it describes precisely how I feel about my self and my situation just now.
All hail to thee, barefoot lass ...
Friday, May 30, 2008
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Monday, May 12, 2008
Inch by Inch
Here is a poem I read just today and really like.
There is one technical flaw, a line that's missing a syllable. It does not, however, detract from the poem ... it was just something I noted because I was counting on purpose, wondering if the poet had held strictly to the Rule of 17 for Haiku. And perhaps it's not a flaw at all, anyway. I do very much like the idea of haiku stretched into a 5-stanza poem. Now my ignorance will show: I am not aware of this having been done before. No doubt I should be reading far more poetry than I do.
Also-too this is a case of the form itself in service to the message.
Oh, to write like that! The gills grow green and admiration abounds.
There is one technical flaw, a line that's missing a syllable. It does not, however, detract from the poem ... it was just something I noted because I was counting on purpose, wondering if the poet had held strictly to the Rule of 17 for Haiku. And perhaps it's not a flaw at all, anyway. I do very much like the idea of haiku stretched into a 5-stanza poem. Now my ignorance will show: I am not aware of this having been done before. No doubt I should be reading far more poetry than I do.
Also-too this is a case of the form itself in service to the message.
Oh, to write like that! The gills grow green and admiration abounds.
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Intelligent Life: newsclip
And I quote:
A man, 57, told police that he "vaguely remembered" that someone was with him when he left Barracuda, the bar at _____, shortly after midnight on Sat., May 3, and went home to _____. (2 blocks from the bar) But when he woke up in the morning he was alone, and all his drawers and closets were ajar. His watch, cell phone, diamond ring, leather jacket, $800 in cash and credit cards were all gone.
A man, 57, told police that he "vaguely remembered" that someone was with him when he left Barracuda, the bar at _____, shortly after midnight on Sat., May 3, and went home to _____. (2 blocks from the bar) But when he woke up in the morning he was alone, and all his drawers and closets were ajar. His watch, cell phone, diamond ring, leather jacket, $800 in cash and credit cards were all gone.
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