minnows part
before the swimming duckling
close back in behind
I'm a University Lecturer in English and the author of a novel, The Secret of Hurricanes (MacAdam/Cage 2002). My life is summed up by Rumi, who said: "My story gets told in various ways: a romance, a dirty joke, a war, a vacancy." Rumi's quote is the epigraph to Hurricanes. The purpose of this journal is to explore creativity and the writing life.
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Saturday, May 29, 2010
New Haibun
A new haibun published in Haibun Today: "All Night and Day."
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Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Friday, May 21, 2010
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Monday, May 10, 2010
Sunday, May 09, 2010
What I did today
after the hailstorm
I dreamed of a plague
of mosquitoes
after the plague
I got up, had coffee
went out and bought
a wooden boot jack
I like it best when
my husband takes
off my boots
after the boot jack
I bought silver crosses
for my ears
I like it best
when my husband is
my salvation
tonight
I had no dreams so
I read poetry
my husband slept
beside me dreaming
of me, his poem
I dreamed of a plague
of mosquitoes
after the plague
I got up, had coffee
went out and bought
a wooden boot jack
I like it best when
my husband takes
off my boots
after the boot jack
I bought silver crosses
for my ears
I like it best
when my husband is
my salvation
tonight
I had no dreams so
I read poetry
my husband slept
beside me dreaming
of me, his poem