I was struck today by the realization that I missed Confession Tuesday. Not struck by the realization - like oh yeah... I meant to do that and forgot. No I realized very late today that on man it wasn't even on my my radar! As such, I'm not even going to stumble through a late one because I really haven't thought about the past week that much. In fact if I was going to confess anything it would be that I've been living in the present so much this week that I can't really think back or ahead that much. So I guess I just confessed and I wasn't going to.
I have spent some time the past few days with my dead poet mentor. I'll have more to say about this over the weekend. So stay tuned if you want to know more about my relationship with a dead poet.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Saturday, April 09, 2011
Laps around the track and Internet - or What you might have missed
We did two miles around the quarter mile loop. For Barry's little legs it must have seemed like ten. Over night showers left standing puddles amid the grassy areas. The wooded area seemed alive with fowl. That I could identify - both male and female robins and a male cardinal. There were many others that I was uncertain about but it was soothing to hear the chirping and feel the wind on my face. I of course will likely pay later for sinus allergies.
No breakfast before I left. Came home and made one lonely waffle and had sugar-free Log Cabin syrup atop it.
Before I settle in for a bit of Saturday writing, I have a few items from around the Internet this week worth mentioning. It seems to have been an especially good week in terms of blog content for many of the blogs I read routinely. A few items I'd like to direct readers to in the event you've overlooked or otherwise missed:
- After the Artist's Way - Portrait of a Sometimes Poet - Bird Flight Studied and Simulated I found this video fascinating!
- Advise to Young Writers - an interview with Susan Rich for The Writers Connection. Like her take on dead poet mentors.
- Jeannine Hall Gailey's Things I'd Wish I'd Known When I Was a Younger Writer. I would add to her list, I wish I had started writing at a younger age!
- An earlier voice of Kelli Russell Agodon at Mediterranean Poetry
- Red Shoes by Terresea Wellborn. Love this poem!
- Global Words For Change - Diane Lockward
- Bringing a little research to your poetry - Kelli Russell Agodon
Thursday, April 07, 2011
Trump: I have 'real doubts' that Obama was born in the US
Guess What: I have real doubts that Trump's hair is his birth hair.
Tuesday, April 05, 2011
A poem showcases itself
A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself. - E. M. Forster
Confession Tuesday
Dear Reader: It’s been one 90 degree day, one fabulous First Friday Art exhibit, one front lawn mowed (already) and gas over three and a half bucks since my last confession.
The weather has been typical Missouri. Cold one day and hot the next and you guessed it, cold again. Mark Twain used to say if you don’t like the weather in Missouri then stick around, it will change. I confess I like the concept of changing of seasons but I really like weather that is between upper sixties to mid-seventies. This schizophrenic a/c one day and heat the next is not my favorite thing.
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I confess that I was surprised how many of my friends came out to see the Jennifer Rivera Synesthesia Exhibition at the Apex Art Space on Friday. I confess that I was completely overwhelmed that my son purchased one of the two paintings that Jennifer did in response to poetry I had written. I really enjoyed seeing the art work and could easily become a First Friday Addict.
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My Giants have dropped three games of a four game series to the Dodgers – winning only one game – 10 to 0 and I confess that I am disappointed but not freaking out. The beauty of baseball is that it’s a long season and you can’t let successes get you too high or losses too low. A new series starts tonight!
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My fantasy baseball team is at that stage that I am obsessing about it. I readily confess that I am aware of this – and it usually starts out that way until things shake out a bit and then I can just let it ride and do my best to manage it well.
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It seems like I had something else on my mind earlier for I confess it has escaped me for the time being so I guess this confession has sputtered to its conclusion. Till next week, be safe – be happy!
The weather has been typical Missouri. Cold one day and hot the next and you guessed it, cold again. Mark Twain used to say if you don’t like the weather in Missouri then stick around, it will change. I confess I like the concept of changing of seasons but I really like weather that is between upper sixties to mid-seventies. This schizophrenic a/c one day and heat the next is not my favorite thing.
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I confess that I was surprised how many of my friends came out to see the Jennifer Rivera Synesthesia Exhibition at the Apex Art Space on Friday. I confess that I was completely overwhelmed that my son purchased one of the two paintings that Jennifer did in response to poetry I had written. I really enjoyed seeing the art work and could easily become a First Friday Addict.
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My Giants have dropped three games of a four game series to the Dodgers – winning only one game – 10 to 0 and I confess that I am disappointed but not freaking out. The beauty of baseball is that it’s a long season and you can’t let successes get you too high or losses too low. A new series starts tonight!
-0-
My fantasy baseball team is at that stage that I am obsessing about it. I readily confess that I am aware of this – and it usually starts out that way until things shake out a bit and then I can just let it ride and do my best to manage it well.
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It seems like I had something else on my mind earlier for I confess it has escaped me for the time being so I guess this confession has sputtered to its conclusion. Till next week, be safe – be happy!
Sunday, April 03, 2011
Picture Perfect Night
When I left work on Friday I was greeted by a picture perfect spring afternoon. The clouds were large and surreal in the blight blue sky - against the backdrop of the the downtown skyline they looked as though they were from a Norman Rockwell painting.
I met up with other family members and headed to the Crossroads Arts District for First Friday. For those outside the metropolitan area, in Kansas City on First Friday people sort of caravan through the various different gallery showings throughout the area.
While I would love to have spent the night checking out other places as well, I was glued to the Apex Art Space where abstract artist Jennifer Rivera had 37 pieces of art that were created in response to various poems chosen by her to work with. Two poems I had written were among those that were used to prompt her work.
The crowd was especially pulled into to Jennifer's work. At almost any moment and any direction you could find multiple groupings of onlookers engaged in conversation over the canvasses and poems before them. Jennifer reports that over 1200 people came through the Gallery and I have no doubt. The stream of traffic was constant.
I'm very indebted to the many of my own friends and family who came to see the work and spending time chatting with each was important to me. I do plan to make a more leisurely look at the exhibit soon as I want to give each the same kind of attention I would normally afford a new poem I am reading.
The two that were connected to my own poems both indulged my mind in ways that was particularly drawn to. The smaller of the two was titled titled Anchored and the texture and tone created a very earthy atmosphere that was easy to get lost in. A central portion of the picture almost had a hologram feel to it. In the larger painting I was drawn to the feeling of dissonance that seemed to emulate from it. I like this because in spite of a very peaceful aspect of the poem, there really is an unresolved aspect of it and I feel this captured within this painting.
There were many pictures I really loved from their visual appeal but like I said, I really want to walk through and take in each one with the poems as well.
To the left - Dangling which was painted in response to my poem Dangling Thoughts.
Below - Anchored - in response to my poem titled Dream - Part Two. Jennifer and I below right.
I hope to get some better shots to post, but these are what I have for now.
Oh, and least I forget - great music by Karim Memi & Beau Bledsoe!
I met up with other family members and headed to the Crossroads Arts District for First Friday. For those outside the metropolitan area, in Kansas City on First Friday people sort of caravan through the various different gallery showings throughout the area.
While I would love to have spent the night checking out other places as well, I was glued to the Apex Art Space where abstract artist Jennifer Rivera had 37 pieces of art that were created in response to various poems chosen by her to work with. Two poems I had written were among those that were used to prompt her work.
The crowd was especially pulled into to Jennifer's work. At almost any moment and any direction you could find multiple groupings of onlookers engaged in conversation over the canvasses and poems before them. Jennifer reports that over 1200 people came through the Gallery and I have no doubt. The stream of traffic was constant.
I'm very indebted to the many of my own friends and family who came to see the work and spending time chatting with each was important to me. I do plan to make a more leisurely look at the exhibit soon as I want to give each the same kind of attention I would normally afford a new poem I am reading.
The two that were connected to my own poems both indulged my mind in ways that was particularly drawn to. The smaller of the two was titled titled Anchored and the texture and tone created a very earthy atmosphere that was easy to get lost in. A central portion of the picture almost had a hologram feel to it. In the larger painting I was drawn to the feeling of dissonance that seemed to emulate from it. I like this because in spite of a very peaceful aspect of the poem, there really is an unresolved aspect of it and I feel this captured within this painting.
There were many pictures I really loved from their visual appeal but like I said, I really want to walk through and take in each one with the poems as well.
To the left - Dangling which was painted in response to my poem Dangling Thoughts.
Below - Anchored - in response to my poem titled Dream - Part Two. Jennifer and I below right.
I hope to get some better shots to post, but these are what I have for now.
Oh, and least I forget - great music by Karim Memi & Beau Bledsoe!
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