if you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. thanks for visiting!on april 18, 2009 sarah luczaj’s guest post “the lyric self” probed the question of “who is the ‘i’ in a contemporary lyric poem?” in this guest post today, janet riehl brings the question of ownership into the discussion […]
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who owns the poem?
June 18th, 2009 · 9 Comments
Tags: blogs of note · creativity: poetry, art, etc.
free-form writing frenzy #3: creative mistakes
June 16th, 2009 · No Comments
today’s writing prompt is:
i create problems for myself just so i can get creatively turned on.
ha! this is for you, ray [a lawyer i worked for back in the eighties]. numbers here, numbers there, tumbling all over the place and rarely getting to their assigned seat. number monkeys. taxes unpaid. […]
Tags: blogs of note · creativity: poetry, art, etc.
june 2009 buddhist carnival
June 15th, 2009 · 3 Comments
for those of you who are not familiar with this blog, every 15th of the month i post a collection of posts about buddhist topics. it all started as a contribution to blog carnival in november 2007. over time, i emancipated myself from blog carnival but the name remains. blog carnivals are themed “readers digests” […]
Tags: blogs of note · creativity: poetry, art, etc. · interesting books · spirituality
it’s summer - time to go on a blog book tour!
June 13th, 2009 · 1 Comment
next week i’ll be hosting a guest post by janet riehl as part of her blog book tour for her new audio book “sightlines: a family love story in poetry and music”. it is a companion to the already existing book of the same title, which has already won her quite a bit […]
Tags: blogs of note · creativity: poetry, art, etc.
saying grace
May 24th, 2009 · 3 Comments
there were a number of posts recently about saying grace, for example at maggi dawn’s blog. “why say grace in a world without god?” seemed to be one of the questions. also, “how to say grace without thanking god?”
for today, i will spare you my grumblings about interpretations of who or what god […]
Tags: blogs of note · spirituality
transitions
May 22nd, 2009 · 2 Comments
earlier this week, i had the pleasure of guest blogging for strawberry ghetto (here), a lovely fellow vancouverite whom i met last year during the blogathon. the topic of the post is transitions. one of the things i talk about there is the time i lived a double life. like this:
images by bill barber and […]
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open source spirit
May 19th, 2009 · 2 Comments
a site i’ve been meaning to tell you about for ages is my very good friend carol’s open source spirit. here are a few words carol says about it:
this open source spirit site takes part in the universal timeless effort of humanity.
we see that all of humanity is creating and evolving the life of […]
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buddhist carnival, may 2009 - the mixed-bag-it’s-all-connected edition
May 15th, 2009 · No Comments
may 15 - time for another buddhist carnival. if you want to see previous buddhist carnivals, go here.
today there is no topic, really, just a criss-cross romp through the buddhasphere.
another enlightenment machine
… like the one you see depicted to the right. here are some explanations
i have made an exciting new “thought to text™” […]
Tags: blogs of note · communication · creativity: poetry, art, etc. · interesting books · philosophy and education · spirituality
IT and me
May 3rd, 2009 · 2 Comments
technology and i are having a bit of a lovers’ quarrel right now. please visit my friend intrepid teacher while we sort things out.
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living authentically
April 24th, 2009 · 9 Comments
my friend evan has just launched a new project, living authentically. authenticity has long been an important topic for him, and i’m looking forward to seeing how he goes even deeper into it. here’s a bit about the project:
the book
the living authentically book i wrote with my partner. it is a guide to […]
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why we write
April 20th, 2009 · 13 Comments
my little workshop for MentalHealthCamp, “blogging yourself home” about blogging, writing, creativity and mental health had me think hard about the connection between these topics in the last week or so. i was deligthed, then, to come across alison, who blogs (and teaches) about writing about mental health. in this post, she asks […]
Tags: blogs of note · creativity: poetry, art, etc. · depression and mental illness
buddhist carnival: april 2009, poetry month
April 15th, 2009 · 4 Comments
the 15th, buddhist carnival time. it’s april, poetry month, so i’ll post only poems and poetry-related articles.
from last month’s montreal zen poetry festival
i longed to visit the eastern cliff
countless years until today
i finally grabbed a vine and climbed
but halfway there met mist and wind
the trail was too narrow for clothes
the moss too slick for […]
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emily dickinson for sunday tea
March 29th, 2009 · 4 Comments
for a leisurely sunday delight, please visit my friend ashok’s blog and a looong discussion of an emily dickinson poem - this one:
i could suffice for him, i knew -
he - could suffice for me -
yet hesitating fractions - both
surveyed infinity -
“would i be whole” he sudden broached -
my syllable rebelled -
‘twas face to face […]
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the helping hand
March 17th, 2009 · 2 Comments
i am way, way, way, waaaaay overdue in passing along sojourner’s helping hand emblem to others. first of all, sojourner, you honour me with this. one of the reasons why i am so passionate about blogging is that i believe we are truly building a community of the future here. a community […]
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march 2009 buddhist carnival - in reverse
March 15th, 2009 · 11 Comments
roses are blooming on the rosebush.
there is nothing strange.
the flower blooms silently and falls quietly without sound,
never again to return to its branch.
her total existence is expressed in that one moment.
one place on the branch.
that is the voice of the flower,
the truth of the single flower on the branch.
therein lies the joy of life, infinitely […]
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