askew tombstones
under a yawning tree:
a crow on its branch.
Askew [Haiku]
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Ordered Chaos [Haiku]
DAILY PHOTO: Delivery Scooter
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“Jade Gate Pass” by Wang Wei [w/ Audio]
Dawn rain has washed the city of its dust;
The refreshed hotel willows tremble in a gust.
My friendly advice, you dry up another glass,
You have no acquaintance beyond The Jade Gate Pass.
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PROMPT: Blog
Why do you blog?
A quick and easy fix of creative output.
That said, by the original definition of “blog,” it could be argued that I don’t blog and never did much of it, as my posts are not of a journaling / thoughts on “X” variety and rarely have been.
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Harbor Watch [Haiku]
a shrine watches
over a calm harbor as
storm winds buffet.
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Stumbling Urban [Haiku]
over a ridge,
and a sprawling city grows
into my wilderness.
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DAILY PHOTO: Taipei Temple Gardens
BOOKS: “The Sandman, Vol. 3: Dream Country” by Neil Gaiman
The Sandman, Vol. 3: Dream Country by Neil GaimanMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
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If you love a good story, you really can’t go wrong with Gaiman. This volume consists of four standalone pieces of short fiction set in the Sandman universe.
“Calliope,” like Greek Mythology, envisions an anthropomorphized muse, but takes the idea into a dark and modern twist as said muse is held captive and violated.
“A Dream of a Thousand Cats” imagines dreams do shape the real world and asks what if animals dreamt as big as humans.
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is built around the premise that Shakespeare had a patron, none other than Morpheus, a.k.a. Dream, himself.
“Facade” is about a supernatural woman who can only go out in public by taking risky measures to look “normal,” and explores her lonely existence.
All of these stories are clever and compelling, and I’d highly recommend this collection for readers of speculative fiction.
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“Men Say They Know Many Things” by Henry David Thoreau [w/ Audio]
Men say they know many things;
But lo! they have taken wings, --
The arts and sciences,
And a thousand appliances;
The wind that blows
Is all that any body knows.
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