“The voice said take off both your shoes, whatever chances you get, especially when their wet…” regina, regina spektor
I like to look at things from odd angles. I remember being mesmerized by the idea of this girl in a book I once read who laid in the back of her parents station wagon during long [...]
Archive > May 2008
tilt a whirl
“Sense-sational Sunday”
I see: the ocean, herbs growing, my mom.
I hear: waves crashing, Jon and I discussing the future
I smell: salt water, roses, freshly broken trees bowled over in a tornado in Darien , GA
I taste: seafood- lots of seafood, peach pie-made by Jon and I, blueberry pie- made by Mom.
I touch- sand, a soft kitten upon [...]
Sense-ational Sunday
i see: Willa sleeping. bunnies hopping. plants growing.
i taste: boston baked beans and steamed brown bread
i touch: weeds that i have pulled out of our garden
i hear: karma police, idiotech and 15 steps have been running like a sound track through my head all week.
i smell: meyer lemon blossoms… yummy.
i feel: (stealing from ani [...]
learning to trust poetry again
it is not screaming beneath my skin
it squirms
the voice muffled
i catch myself asking
what was that
but nothing
and then more squirming
when i was younger
it would have spewed poetry
but she doesn’t trust that
as a mode of communication anymore
just something pretty that other people do
poetry can make a mask
for the things you want to
voice but don’t have the
courage-heart-balls-eggs- for
but [...]
“Sense-ational” Sundays
i see: paper and paint… i have been playing a lot this week. the words of hermann hesse- i have been sipping from his book wandering and it has been lovely. it is not a book to be read too quickly though it must be savored slowly
i hear: npr news, all things considered, fresh air [...]
My Day has been scrapped.
I have joined Shimelle and her declaration to Scrap Your Day on the 25th day of each month for one year. Tis just month one- so we shall see if I keep up, but it is looking good because I had so much fun with this. On the 25th I took the pictures and today [...]