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satori one morning
i am a leafupon a pondtodaybecause i want to bei am floatingreddishbrown yellowupon the waterreflecting the blue skyand sunshinei am the first chill of fallthe fading green and the coming greyand i am floatingupon sunshinethe small white clouds my hatthe shore my abandoned past aliveat peaceperfectin unitywith all creationsatori!
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infantile
it is infantile to sit and imagine sweet candy lands and utopian communitieshistory reveals the grind of the human machinethere is no sugar and lavender pressed from these rootsblood and bittersso-we have the numbing of AIthe drumming of silence in the waves of the internetour make-believe villagewhere we say what we want and our hearts…
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Momentum
the strength or force gained by motion or by a series of events The writer gained momentum by disciplining themself to write something each day. When we work the craft daily, we increase momentum and get the work done. Finishing! Somewhere on this blog is a post about finishing. Great ideas are everywhere. Great novel,…
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Coping
Seiko Shihan Oyama used to say “You can be happy or you can be sad. It’s your choice.” So much that happens is completely out of our control. Yet, if we let it trouble us, even the smallest thing can become and issues. There is a Buddhist koan that tells of a master who asked…
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Frustrated?
I am. I suffer from a form of divergence which causes me to be easily frustrated. Yesterday was a lesson in “deal with it.” When I am Trying to write and distractions and interruptions overwhelm me, I tend to get angry, frustrated and want to throw down my pen screaming “never mind! I give up.”…
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Star Bucks The Original Series
Like Tolstoy, I like to write in the marketplace. My marketplace is invariably a coffee shop. And, since I am a trekker of the globe, there is some familiarity and holiness in Starbucks. In New Orleans, I write at Cherry Coffee Roasters on Laurel. I love the vibe and the coffee. However, in my current…
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More on Writing
More on not moron. Haha. Well, subjective. I am working on my novel Tanglewood. I have taken to scheduling two hours each day devoted to writing. At least an hour is pure Tanglewood. Today, the first hour was dedicated to continuing the story. The story has jumped the rail and is off on its own…
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Working It
Writing is fun. Well, sort of. Creating the story, bringing the characters to life, imagining the settings and situations – these things are fun. Sharing the idea is fun. Telling people what you are thinking is fun. Writing and finishing is work. Just plain work. My dear friend and poet Kemmer Anderson, graduate of Davidson,…
Mike "Pops" Klumpp 