pi & anne

fear wants to

fear wants tohold my handbackfrom writingagainst hate the timesof violence arebackin our yard,Mr. Chaplin language—butthe heartshould listentoo the smallactspile upthere is a rightand consequences ant trails—I want toassure youthere is…

Linking and shifting between poetry and music

A remarkable number of well-worn wallsonce paintedwith loveand love. Early in my social media times I began adding a link to a piece of music to each of my poems.…

Beads

Boys in a camp, running on dusty ground, with a ball made of 25 plastic bags. The news. The girl switches the channel to Chopin’s Berceuse. They have been sending…

Writing—because.

So much has happened. In the world. Next door. In my family. Writing has always been a conversation with the world on the outside and within, to make sense of…

Compass Needlework

It has been a long while since I’ve shared anything on my blog. Maybe it is more understandable with the following haibun. I’m focusing on balancing. Seeing, accepting, learning, standing…

Oops. I Did It! A Book-long Tanka Sequence.

It started with a joke in a direct message…  Why not write a book-length tanka sequence? Why not write a book-length tanka novel? Exactly, why not? There isn’t really any…

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pi & anne

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