As I mentioned in a previous post, I do an analysis of what I consume each year to be accountable to myself and see patterns I want to change. (Be the change.) This tracking allows me to identify trends and gaps. From this I can direct my reading and intentions for the future. By default […]
Author Archives: Pearl
Loved Then, Loved Now: Early in the Morning
EARLY IN THE MORNING While the long grain is softening in the water, gurgling over a low stove flame, before the salted Winter Vegetable is sliced for breakfast, before the birds, my mother glides an ivory comb through her hair, heavy and black as calligrapher’s ink. She sits at the foot of the bed. My […]
Betty Drevniok
The Betty Drevniok award for English haiku has no entry fee and is open to all, except the Haiku Canada executive board. Enter by Feb 15. Hundreds of haiku have been entered. Winners, HM and judge to be announced at Haiku Canada in Montreal, the long weekend in May. Pour haïku en français,essayez ici: Prix […]
Loved Then: Loved Now: Last at Bat
Last at Bat I remembered the right thing then I didn’t do it because I was hungry or lazy my selfish self sucked in the day as though I owned it as though the sun rose for me alone next door the dog lounged on the porch licked his own balls just because he could […]
Statistics
My books read tends to go up by title on twitter while #TodaysPoem tends to go up at Instagram. Annually, since 2012, I have shared the metrics of what I consumed. I track by nation, age, genre, gender, queerness, colour, format, source and rating. Data gradually got more granular over the years. In 2012, I […]