Tag: poetry
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Odysseus Pardoned
In light of the recent release of the film The Odyssey, I went back into the archives and old boxes of poetry and dredged this poem up from the past. Once upon a time, it won some award. Other than the public reading at the award ceremony, it was never published, seen or heard. odysseus…
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Writing Prose
I struggled as a young writer. I was bombarded with academic concepts of what equaled great writing. What disciplines produced the best work? Here’s the first issue – What is the best work? Second issue – method does not always equal product. I my last novel there are several intentional misuses of words and phrases.…
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homesick for the desert
i am not well not well even more than not well (for me-i am dancing on a broken leg i am in gruene hall i am floating the guadelupe i am drowning in the rio frio i am stationed at fort inge watching the sunset die i am one with purple sage and prickly pear…
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Deconstruct
What in the world is going on? Watch the TV Show from the 70’s Barney Miller. The show was touted for being open and diverse. It was heralded for taking on social issues head on. It could have been written yesterday. We have gone nowhere. Ball of Confusion by the Temptations in 1970. Same story.…
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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.”…
Mike "Pops" Klumpp 