(cross posted ) The Governor General’s Literary Award, shortlist sounds pleasing, having heard a few read excerpts at the writers festival. It’s structure and aim seems clear, with 14 people assessing quality and importance of work and then giving writers cash to do more. It seems to more promote what to read as well. I’m […]
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fibonacci sequence III
(cross posted ) You know fibs? Fib poems are structured on the on the Fibonacci sequence which is the basis of the golden rectangle, perfect proportions. So the sequence goes 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, adding each of the last 2 numbers together. Phi is the golden ratio of 1.618… and part of […]
one deep breath: simple pleasures
palm curved fits the hip; made for this — Prompt: Week 20 —
tanka quote
親ã¯åを育ã¦ã¦ããŸã¨è¨€ã†ã‘れ㩠å‹æ‰‹ã«èµ¤ã„ç•‘ã®ãƒˆãƒžãƒˆ Parents say their child is a creature they have raised, but the fact is this : each has ripened as it pleased, a red garden tomato. A tanka by Tawara Machi Haiku is becoming a generic word. Like sushi becoming indistinct from sashimi. What is the difference between the senryu and haiku according […]
Timeless classics?
Some poems time travel better. Translations can update the linguistic wardrobe I suppose. Night Thoughts I cannot sleep. The long, long Night is full of bitterness. I sit alone in my room, beside a smoky lamp. I rub my heavy eyelids And idly turn the pages Of my book. Again and again I trim my […]