I was not particularly happy with my last poetry exercise. Partly because I adapted someone else’s writing exercise (even with attribution) and because I’ve had no responses regarding that blog. Disappointment filled my heart. : (   Where are the...
Topics: Chinese painting, Duluth as exotic, Han Gan, poem, poetry, Tang Dynasty, write a 13 line poem, writing exercise, writing form

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I wrote a blog that I thought was merely an exercise in simian self-flagellation. Yet, it got one of the best responses of anything else I’ve written. The nice thing about doing a blog and avoiding payment in exchange for doing it is that I have no...
Topics: Billy Collins, formatting problems on Wordpress, heron, image of Shangguan Wan'er, Tang Dynasty, U2 appreciation, writing

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I am floored right now. I am impressed and humbled by the graciousness of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton as she, tonight, helps to heal the rifts in the Democratic Party.I am listening to her right now as she is hitting just the right tone. She is not...
Topics: conversation, Democratic National Convention, healing the Democratic Party, Hillary, Obama

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I have not really been too focused on the Presidential race right now. I figured that the interesting rhetoric that we would all howl at, take pot shots at or drink in like a smooth, oaky bourbon would not appear until the two conventions get going....
Topics: "Ball Four", $5 million remark, capitalism, conversation, Democrat, economics, how many houses does McCain have?, McCain, NBA minimum salary, Obama, socialist, tax brackets, Washington Post, wealth

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My teacher would say“This is the quiet mindyou hardly ever experience.”I prefer to think the Spiritisn’t in the setting sun, or maskedby the cloud between the sun and I.It’s closer and it’s farther and tells meI already know.
Topics: conversation, meditative, poem, poetry, spirit, stillness, sunset

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