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Wednesday, 1 May 2013
10 words - try to write a poem...
I read in my new poetry magazine (Contemporary Verse 2) that they just finished a poetry contest. They had people sign up before the contest and then, when the contest started, they emailed them all 10 words and gave them two days to make a poem. Winners got money, free stuff, published, etc. So, I figured out the words from reading the winning poems. Then I wrote a poem last night. So, it has been one day.
Here are the words:
1. Coalesce
2. Tickle
3. Salient
4. Garrulous
5. Pan
6. Wend
7. Scoop
8. Harbour
9. Abrade
10. Entrance
Here is my poem:
Titanic Survivors Arrive at St. John's Harbour
At the entrance to the harbour we wait.
The garrulous gulls screeching tickles, then abrades my jagged senses.
What are we waiting for?
My sister bends, scoops water into a pan.
We have lost all.
Grateful for everything.
Grateful for everything.
We drink.
Ice and sky coalesce as we gaze, sun-blind, to try to see what causes this delay.
No clues.
No salient details emerge.
It is not for us to know.
The ship rumbles.
We board again.
No answer is given.
Broken, we accept this.
We wend our way home -
Limp back to port.
The story to tell again and again.
The waiting nothing to what went before.
Tuesday, 26 February 2013
Instructions for Life - by the Dalai Lama
- Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
- When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
- Follow the three R's:
- Respect for self,
- Respect for others and
- Responsibility for all your actions. - Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
- Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
- Don't let a little dispute injure a great relationship.
- When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
- Spend some time alone every day.
- Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.
- Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
- Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and
think back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time. - A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.
- In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don't bring up the past.
- Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.
- Be gentle with the earth.
- Once a year, go someplace you've never been before.
- Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
- Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
- If you want others to be happy, practice compassion.
- If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
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