Tag: Taurus

• * summer dancing with Alice Fulton

  At the start of summer we started an old movie kick sparked by Alfred Hitchcock’s The Man Who Knew Too Much. James Stewart is a champ in it. Since then, we’ve done more Hitchcock as well as a few others. The most surprising was Singin’ in the Rain – straightforward joy and spirit (with a […]

  José Angel Araguz

  July 19, 2013

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  Alfred Hitchcock, Alice Fulton, Aquarius, arts, astrology, Cincinnati Ohio, Corpus Christi Texas, Gene Kelly, James Stewart, Jose Angel Araguz, Leo, literature, poetry, Singin’ in the Rain, Taurus, the friday influence, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Virgo, writing

• * stepping into the river with Charles Simic

  The stone is a mirror which works poorly. Nothing in it but dimness. Your dimness or its dimness, who’s to say? In the hush your heart sounds like a black cricket. Charles Simic Since I quoted the man last week in regards to the prose poem, I thought I would share some of Charles Simic’s […]

  José Angel Araguz

  May 17, 2013

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  arts, books, cats, Charles Simic, Corpus Christi Texas, creativity, culture, Eugene Oregon, Jose Angel Araguz, literature, poetry, prose poems, reading, Taurus, the friday influence, Virgo, writing

• * what a poem does & Russell Edson

  What makes them poems is that they are self-contained, and once you read one you have to go back and start reading it again. That’s what a poem does. (Charles Simic) Charles Simic said the above in regards to his own collection, The World Doesn’t End, which consists of a series of prose poems. I love […]

  José Angel Araguz

  May 10, 2013

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  Any Road, arts, Charles Simic, Corpus Christi Texas, creative writing, Eugene Oregon, George Harrison, Gulf Coast, Jose Angel Araguz, literature, lyric poem, Pisces, prose poem, prose poetry, publication, Russell Edson, sonnet, Taurus, the friday influence, Virgo, writing

• * Jack Gilbert, unfortunate cats, & the friday influence

  Married - Jack Gilbert I came back from the funeral and crawled around the apartment, crying hard, searching for my wife’s hair. For two months got them from the drain, from the vacuum cleaner, under the refrigerator, and off the clothes in the closet. But after other Japanese women came, there was no way to […]

  José Angel Araguz

  May 11, 2012

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  Jack Gilbert, Jose Angel Araguz, literature, marriage, metaphor, poetry, Taurus, the friday influence, workshop

• * an admission and the friday influence

  Watermelons - Charles Simic * Green Buddhas on the fruit stand. We eat the smiles and spit out the teeth. *** So, I’m going to come clean and admit that I’m a geek about astrology. I don’t swear by it but I do check my horoscope daily and find my chart to be an interesting […]

  José Angel Araguz

  April 20, 2012

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  astrology, Charles Simic, food, Gary Snyder, Jose Angel Araguz, poetry, Taurus, the friday influence, watermelons