Tag: Spring
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* knocking around with kenyon & meyers
The Suitor – Jane Kenyon We lie back to back. Curtains lift and fall, like the chest of someone sleeping. Wind moves the leaves of the box elder; they show all their light undersides, turning all at once like a school of fish. Suddenly I understand that I am happy. For months this feeling has…
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* short lyrics: (pre)spring mix
As I am on the road – in Corpus Christi, Texas promoting Everything We Think We Hear to be exact – I thought I would do a short, fun post of some seasonal short lyrics. Could be that the winters in Cincinnati are tough that I’ve got spring on my mind already. I’d like to say…
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* oh, right – it’s spring!
What a pity! – Tu Fu The flowers fly – why so fast? As I grow old, I wish that spring would linger. What a pity that scenes of joy Came not all in my youth and prime! To set free the mind there must be wine, To set forth one’s feelings nothing is better…
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* cynicism via Adam Levine & Philip Larkin
This show changed my life. I was a cynic. It brought back the joy… (Adam Levine) This week on the Influence: Philip Larkin! FIRST, though, a confession: I watch The Voice. There I said it. Sharing this information in a public forum is tough. Indeed, admitting what T.V. shows one indulges in can be as…
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* quick post: The Dandelion Farm Review
Just a quick post to announce the Spring Issue of The Dandelion Farm Review. There are two poems of mine on there as well as fine work by Cristina del Canto, Dawnell Harrison, and Brendan Sullivan. Check it out here! Special thanks to editor Patrick Loafman. Happy dandelioning! Jose
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