Ok. So for the past 3 or so days I've been feeling very freaked out and overwhelmed by the amount of work and meetings I have to do in the next two weeks. Actually, the work itself isn't so bad--mostly that the scheduling and timing is very bad and I won't get a chance to start on the big stuff for a few days so it's hanging over my head and it's ( Read more... )

American Cities That Best Fit You:

70% Washington, DC

60% New York City

55% Chicago
55% Philadelphia

55% San Francisco

Which American Cities Best Fit You?

This poem is dedicated to the beautiful and caring and thoughtful miss_joanne for her kind, wonderful, and consistent celebration of National Poetry Month with me.

Sambear, this is the poem that I took my senior yearbook quote from:

Poesia, by Pablo Neruda

English: ( And it was at that age.. poetry arrived )

This time you get some trippy poetry. I had to write a paper on this guy as a first-year. A paper in Spanish. This poem's long. It's achingly beautiful. It makes little sense. It tells a wonderful story. So now I give you both the Spanish and an English translation of..

Federico Garcia Lorca's
ROMANCE SONÁMBULO

( Verde que te quiero verde. )

It has come to my attention that someone thinks I am biased against so-called "abstract poetry." So I will post an abstract poem here.

The Descent by William Carlos Williams

( The descent beckons... )

Because I am currently attempting to write a poem about turles in a moon sea of dust, I thought I'd share this:

Shel Silverstein

( Eight Balloons )

This is taken from a book that I have thanks to carillon. You probably all know this one, but I love it and the form is used so well..

from Geography III by Elizabeth Bishop:

( One Art )

I was thinking about posting a poem a day here for you, but I decided that I'm not cut out for such discipline. So instead, expect intermittent poems that may or may not reflect anything in the world.

Here's something from The Wild Iris by Louise Gluck, the most recent book of poetry I bought. I want to post every single poem from this book ( Read more... )

( if you know my poetry, you'll know why this is funny: what element am i? )