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Monthly Archives: October 2012
Traveling Diorama Along Lower Whatcom Creek
“Our simplest wisdom is to follow the sea-bright salmon home.” ~ ~ unattributed with lines from JB I On a ramble down lower Whatcom Creek, I’m showing a favorite place to a friend, and this sharing is a fine thing. … Continue reading
Ways of Seeing
On the bus to downtown I find my seat, not too far back. An odd threesome sits up front in view of the bus driver—a man, woman, and child— and I assume they’re together. The man fiddles with some kind … Continue reading
Elegy for an Ocean Planet
after Jay Griffiths and Trebbe Johnson in Orion Magazine Nov/Dec 2012 I’ve been down to the sea, have visited my ship’s weather decks at night to view wondrous, incomprehensible numbers of stars under black slice of ship. At night I’ve … Continue reading
Notes on My Heart as an Exhibit
A variation on “Notes on My Heart as an Exhibit” is under consideration elsewhere. I hope to repost the poem at some point after it is published. Andrew Shattuck McBride PaPoWriMo ~ 2012 *Day 27 Poem* October 27, 2012
To the Panhandler Working Downtown
Imagine my surprise when someone who should know told me you’re a cook in a prominent restaurant downtown. When I watched you walk in that restaurant with the other two I figured you were customers. To sit at the bar … Continue reading
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wishes
“something opens our wings. something makes boredom and hurt disappear.” ~ rumi boredom is something sold us with so many products and services and accessories boredom is something self-inflicted its antidote is paying attention attentiveness banishes boredom to exile and … Continue reading
Triage
“Triage” is under consideration elsewhere. I hope to repost the poem at some point after it is published. Andrew Shattuck McBride PaPoWriMo ~ 2012 *Day Twenty-Four Poem* October 23, 2012
Dad as Flight
“Dad as Flight” is under consideration elsewhere. I hope to repost it at some point after the poem is published. Blessings to the memory of Likeke R. McBride (1926-1993) Andrew Shattuck McBride PaPoWriMo ~ 2012 *Day Twenty-Three Poem* October 22, … Continue reading
Weather Report
I am cloudburst, manifested. I am my timing, off. Fifteen minutes until a fiction reading by two authors, friends. I step out into steady rain. It’s not too bad, I think. It’s dark and cold though – my breath clouds … Continue reading
“sublime fool love” ~ post from tsena
I love this quotation from Ray Bradbury posted by tsena. Bradbury was a genius. sublime fool love. Thanks tsena! Blessings to all, Andy
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