The Colors Among Us

Autumn is a second spring where every leaf is a flower.  ~ Albert Camus

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Unconscious Mutterings Week 300

Unconscious Mutterings ~ link
Word & Thought Associations

here's mine:

 

Contemplate :: The Thinker

In the house :: Doctor

Classical :: Music

Quest :: Johnny

Best friend :: rare companion

1991 :: Gulf War

Never will :: definitive

Fool :: bamboozle

Unhappy :: Sad

Best man :: Best bud

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The leaves & cold of fall

Yesterday afternoon I stopped by Boarders Books in northland to see local poet Rebecca Stallard read from her new book of poetry and and sign copies.  The book, And the Birds are Singing is available here.          

This morning I mowed the front lawn. The air was crisp and fallen leaves laced the lawn. Just a preview of more to come.

This time of year is a mixture of things I like and things I dislike. Usually about October I start feeling the effects of the shorter days and it manifests itself in the form of feeling melancholy, especially in the early hours after rising in the morning. I use a special lamp which has lessened to some degree the impact but the period October through say March can be rough. This is not to say I don't find enjoyment in fall and winter. I prefer the cooler temperatures to hot summer days. I love the multicolored landscapes that we have available to us in Missouri. 

After the end of the World Series I miss that baseball goes away. Football just doesn't have the same magic that baseball has.

It seems that fall is ripe for writing. I don't know if it is the stark changes that occur but there is something that seems transformative and this seems to feed the creative process. I seem to often get a boost in my writing output. I don't mean quantity so much as I do that I seem to be happy with more of what I write.

I've actually given thought to signing up for nawrinomo but I don't know if I can break myself away from poetry for a month to write [insert shudder here] fiction.

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Md. Police Listed Green Group As Terrorist : NPR

Md. Police Listed Green Group As Terrorist : NPR: "Nation
Md. Police Listed Green Group As Terrorist
by Libby Lewis
Audio for this story will be available at approx. 7:00 p.m. ET
All Things Considered, October 24, 2008 · Three staff members of a Chesapeake environmental group were surprised to learn they were spied on by Maryland State Police and named as suspected terrorists on a state list. The state police has acknowledged it spied on anti-death penalty and anti-war activists."


Gee you just never know do you. So many terrorists and so little time.
We went through this kind of shit during the Nixon years. It gets old.

Three Poetry Events in a Row in Kansas City

Thursday 10-23 6:30 PM	Charles Simic Reading	Mabee Theater	Rockhurst University 54th Street and Troost Avenue
Friday 10-24 8:00 PM	Dan Jaffe Reading	Writers Place	3607 Pennsylvania
Saturday 10-25 1:00-PM	Rebecca Stallard Reading and book signing	Boarders Boardwalk Shopping Dist.	Just off N.W. Barry Rd & I -29

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The space inside the poem

Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all the others were making ships. - Charles Simic

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Like they say, if you don't play you can't win.

Patting myself on the back for submitting work to a venue I've never tried before. More because I submitted than anything else. Last year I submitted a lot of work early in the year and had great success. Then there was a brick wall. as a result, this year I have been lax in sending material out. Not lax in writing, so I'm not feeling like I've been lazy or anything, just not so focused on the administrative side of things and more on the art itself. That is a good thing isn't it? I think so. Still a balance between the two would perhaps be more desirable.

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