Carpe Diem Distillation – Ezra Pound’s ”The River-Merchant’s Wife”
While my hair was still cut straight across my forehead I played about the front gate, pulling flowers. You came by on bamboo stilts, playing horse, You walked about my […]
Monthly Archives: November 2013
Carpe Diem Tan Renga – Joanne’s “by the shallow pond”
by the shallow pond reflection drawing northern fowl a warm sun shimmers (Joanne) silence falls from withered leaves tell her of his winter lies (Björn) Linked to Carpe Diem […]
Striations carved – trifextra
I’m picking petals carefully to wordless honeyed sighs In exquisite pain you leave striations carved criss-cross on my arching back. Quivering from softest touch feather’s gently tormenting anticipation for when […]
By the candlelight
by candlelight young man ages rapidly looking for truth hidden in the darkness forgetting daylight’s bliss Writing a tanka with real toads is an opportunity I cannot miss. — November […]
Carpe Diem Tan Renga – Jazzbumpa’s “my little green lawn”
my little green lawn dreams about the pampas grass i dream of the stars (Jazzbumpa) where I can spy on women in their stardust bikinis (Björn) Linked to Carpe […]
