A Pot of Tea
by Richard Kenney

Loose leaves in a metal ball
Or men in a shark cage steeping,
Ideas stain the limpid mind
Even while it's sleeping:

Ginseng or the scent of lymph
Or consequences queasing
Into wide awareness, whence,
Like an engine seizing

Society remits a shudder
Showing it has feeling,
And the divers all have shaving cuts
And the ( Read more... )

The Assignation
by Ciaran Carson

I think I must have told him my name was Juliette,
with four syllables, you said, to go with violette.

I envisaged the violet air that presages snow,
the dark campaniles of a city beginning to blur

a malfunctioning violet neon pharmacy sign
jittering away all night through the dimity curtains.

Near dawn you opened ( Read more... )

cough cough
cough
burning eyes
sleep?

in really bad mood. have a ton of work to do, but am too distracted and angry. will drink tea and read harry potter 'til dinner, then try to actually get some work done.
on top of this, i feel really sick today too.
not happy day in 'lanna land.
sad day in 'lanna land instead.
this suxors.
i hate being angry, which then makes me angrier.
gah, vicious ( Read more... )

turned in my SIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! how wonderful and amazing and unexpected is that???!
wahoo!
celebrated a bit today by going to the London Grill downtown, was amazing. felt like i was in a foreign country and not here - can't think of a better way to celebrate.

also, windmills are cool.

thinking that i might go art hoping if i get snowed in to kalamazoo tomorrow night.
anyone want to go with me? we can brave the cold and look fabulous.
good times.

also, SIP will never be turned in. something always comes up. like car doors frozen shut or influenza.
gah!

also, snow is pretty.

SIP = due THURSDAY.

novella = done.
rest of research = working on it.
shakespeare 10 pages + research = tomorrow
makah whale hunting 10 pages + research = sunday

shakespeare = due monday by 4
makah = due tuesday by 4
SIP = due ??

birthday breakfast sunday = cramp in work schedule but necessary fun

home = wednesday? thursday? = depends on when SIP is due

my cat likes to drink tea - english breakfast tea, to be precise.
we're a perfect match.
(grins)

SIPanicing. though also not really that tired. so maybe more of a SIProgressing slowly ( Read more... )