Hello everyone.  It's really too late for me to be fussing about poetry and making LiveJournal posts, but I was thinking earlier today about how much more capable I've been lately of making art about my current life, rather than my past, and I wrote this poem a few days ago and have been mentally resisting cleaning it up and posting it.  Matt, I ( Read more... )

Hey, remember when I used to write poetry and post in on Livejournal?  It turns out I'm not too old to do that.  Enjoy!

Bargain (A Love Poem To No One In Particular)

Love is an old kimono you bought at a thrift store, dumbfounded by the bargain.
Perfect
for that one event you needed to attend
at the time,
But not as well suited
for all the other occasions ( Read more... )

Hello all I am back from New York City.  It was a nice trip.  I got to spend time with Connor and go to museums and eat very very good sushi.  On Sunday we went to MoMA and saw an exhibit on Dalí that featured many paintings and a few of his films, including a finished version of Destino, the collaboration with Walt Disney for which he drew up some ( Read more... )

And every night I see ( Read more... )

I wish I could find one word to evoke you ( Read more... )

I could write a thousand lines for you ( Read more... )

Content (contained) to see and never act ( Read more... )

Another year is over ( Read more... )

These are the long days ( Read more... )

mope
brood
cry
try
fail
forget
pine
long
admire
approach
obtain
enjoy
reject
forget
indulge
regret
indulge
regret
indulge
regret
indulge
neglect
indulge
neglect
indulge
neglect
indulge
reject
indulge
reject
indulge
reject
regret
reject
regret
regret
regret
forget
reform
reshape
revive
refine
rebel
revile
revolt
repulse
forget
inscribe
imbibe
cathart
cathect
sublime
forget
run out of options