Swift One never knows how swift life can be until they are caught in the rapids. So standing on the edge of it, at nights, I close my eyes, and try to remember the widening waves that brought me to these shores. Only then there's the breeze. 10.1.17 Washington, D.C. Inktober
Billy Collins – Introduction to Poetry
Billy Collins Introduction to Poetry I ask them to take a poem and hold it up to the light like a color slide or press an ear against its hive. I say drop a mouse into a poem and watch him probe his way out, or walk inside the poem’s room and feel the walls … Continue reading Billy Collins – Introduction to Poetry
Vera Pavlova – The Song of Songs.
Ah! I have so much to say, and damn I am so busy to sit down and write! but so much.... so muuuuuuuuch is in this head of mine. At least, I am not tired!- As for the things I want to say you'll just have to find me and press your ear to mine … Continue reading Vera Pavlova – The Song of Songs.
Welcome Fall 2017
Oh boy - here we are again! spend a couple of hours in attempt to write a poem about the fall, found a poem that I drafted on September 26 last year, tried finishing it, ended up changing it, and still nothing... One day, I'll write a poem about the fall, it will be good, it … Continue reading Welcome Fall 2017
Mary Oliver – from the Thirst
Just like that - every time, when you think you could not go any further, deeper, closer, you do - until you can't. Also, advice on lifting things, since life often throws things on your way and you need to move them around. Do not attempt to lift by bending forward. Bend your hips and … Continue reading Mary Oliver – from the Thirst
Bukowski – Lost
Rant: Today is the one year anniversary of my 9.14.17 lil website http://www.peyman.live Thanks for the clicks and clacks. Today is also the day I have breathed the air of this planet for 10,154 days in a row. Also, today I learned babies don't drink water, at least for 6 moths, only milk, and sometimes … Continue reading Bukowski – Lost
When You Fall
Yes, just like that, one day you'll fall toward me, and I'll fall toward you. just like the apple, and the earth. & I'll tell you this, where we … Continue reading When You Fall
Ellen Bass – The World Has Need of You
Ellen Bass The World Has Need of You everything here seems to need us… —Rilke I can hardly imagine it as I walk to the lighthouse, feeling the ancient prayer of my arms swinging in counterpoint to my feet. Here I am, suspended between the sidewalk and twilight, the sky dimming so fast it seems … Continue reading Ellen Bass – The World Has Need of You
Mary Oliver – The Poet with His Face in His Hands
So much yes here for me! I am not suggesting anything here - but there's stoicism here, and zen - and I have learned so much there, in the darkest hours of my being I hope to remember these teaching! I never want to shy away from grief and my loneliness, but my sweet Mary is also … Continue reading Mary Oliver – The Poet with His Face in His Hands
Matthew Dickman – Grief
Matthew Dickman Grief When grief comes to you as a purple gorilla you must count yourself lucky. You must offer her what’s left of your dinner, the book you were trying to finish you must put aside, and make her a place to sit at the foot of your bed, her eyes moving from the … Continue reading Matthew Dickman – Grief
One Poem At A Time 