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HOPEFULLY I'M BEGINNING TO COME OUT OF HIBERNATION FINALLY (OR REALLY WHAT WAS MORE OF A "WRITER'S COMA" OF SOME SORT)... TO THAT END I WANTED TO GIVE A PREVIEW OF WHAT'S COMING UP...

WELL I'VE FINALLY FLESHED OUT THE DETAILS OF HOW I WANT MY HAIKU SERIES TO GO. I'M SETTING A GOAL OF HAVING IT FINISHED BY THE END OF THE SUMMER, AND IT'S GOING TO BE THIRTY HAIKU SET IN SPRING. I HAVEN'T BACKED DOWN ON THE WHOLE "URBAN HAIKU" CONCEPT. TO THAT END, THE TITLE OF THE WHOLE SERIES WILL BE "GUERILLA GARDENING"...WHAT A GREAT PHRASE, I LOVE IT! IT'S URBAN, CURRENT, USEFUL, ALLITERATIVE AND PRACTICALLY SELF-EXPLANATORY. I ALSO KNOW EACH POEM IS GOING TO BE IDENTICAL TO THE OTHERS IN FORM, I WANT TO MAKE THIS A VERY STRICT EXERCISE AND MAKE IT AS HARD AS POSSIBLE ON MYSELF, BECAUSE I'M JUST THAT SADISTIC. BUT ALSO BECAUSE IT WOULD SORT OF FOLLOW ALONG AN URBAN GARDEN THEME ANYWAY, WOULDN'T IT? I HAVE A FEW IDEAS BEYOND THAT BUT PROBABLY WON'T GET MORE SPECIFIC UNTIL IT'S ALL DONE AND POSTED HERE. SOME THINGS I HAVEN'T DECIDED ON YET ARE:

1) WHETHER I'M GOING TO USE OUTSIDE SOURCE VISUALS AS INSPIRATION (PROBABLY, EVEN IF NOT CONSCIOUSLY. IN THIS DAY AND AGE WHO CAN HELP IT?)

2) WILL IT BE THIRTY RANDOMLY ORDERED HAIKU OR IF NOT, HOW WILL IT BE BROKEN DOWN? THREE SETS OF TEN (I.E. EARLY SPRING, LATE SPRING ETC.?)...MAYBE FIVE SETS OF SIX? IN WHICH CASE BY WHAT CLASSIFICATIONS WILL THEY BE GROUPED? I COULD GO BY LOCATION AND DO SOMETHING LIKE "STREET, SEWER, ROOFTOP, ETC." OR GROUP IT BY OBJECT, "ROOTS, FLOWER, RAIN, INSECT ETC."

ASIDE FROM THE HAIKU PROJECT I'M ALMOST FINISHED SOME OTHER RANDOM STUFF SO I WOULD SAY TO LOOK FOR IT HERE SOON:
1) BASIC NEEDS
2) ACHINGLY HOT MOMBASA
3) AMANGIRI (WHICH IS SANSKRIT FOR "PEACEFUL MOUNTAIN" ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT A PARTICULARLY PEACEFUL POEM BUT IF YOU KNOW ME I PROBABLY DIDN'T HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT!)
4) I DECIDED TO SAVE THE "HUSK, GLEAN, SLEEP, CLEAVE (SIGH)" FOR LATE SUMMER BECAUSE I JUST FEEL LIKE THAT'S WHEN HUSKING, GLEANING, SLEEPING, CLEAVING AND SIGHING ARE ALL SUPPOSED TO GO DOWN ;) SO THAT ONE'S GOING TO WAIT UNTIL AUGUST.
5) ALSO, WARNING TO ANYONE WHO IS OBSESSED WITH LEARNING LIKE I AM-- DON'T LISTEN TO ANY OF THE ASTRONOMICAL PHYSICS LECTURES ON WWW.ACADEMICEARTH.ORG, BECAUSE THEY ARE SO GOOD IT WILL JUST MAKE YOU WANT TO DO A WHOLE SERIES OF POEMS ON TOPICS RELATED TO ASTRONOMICAL PHYSICS. AND YOU MAY END UP WITH SOMETHING LIKE MY UPCOMING...
--QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENTS
--ABOMINABLE MYSTERIES
--GOING ROGUE
6) OH, PLUS I'M ON AN ARTICLE DIET (AS IN THE PART OF SPEECH, AS IN TRYING TO USE THEM AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE)...AS WELL AS CONTINUING MY SELF-IMPOSED BAN ON USAGE OF THE WORD "SWIFT" AND ITS VARIANTS.

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YOU KNOW THE EXPRESSION "THOSE WHO CAN'T DO, TEACH"??? HOW ABOUT "THOSE WHO CAN'T DRAW, PHOTOGRAPH." THIS IS HOW MY NEW CREATIVE OUTLET IN PHOTOGRAPHY HAS MANIFESTED ITSELF. I'M TRYING TO GET USED TO THE IDEA THAT I DON'T HAVE TO BE GOOD AT SOMETHING IN ORDER TO TRY IT, OR EVEN TO ENJOY IT. ANYWAY, HERE ARE THE FIRST FEW. I'M HOPING MY PICTURES WILL INSPIRE MY WRITING, AND VISA-VERSA.

#1 "PAINT IT BLACK"



I WAS KIND OF TRYING TO EVOKE THE SAME "DARKNESS AS LIGHT" CONCEPT AS MY ALL TIME FAVORITE MATISSE PAINTING "ANEMONES ON A BLACK MIRROR" OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT. ANYWAY HOPEFULLY THE NEARLY BLACK WATER (IT'S ACTUALLY WINE) IS PICKED UP AGAIN THE DARK CENTERS OF THE FLOWERS.

#2 "GUARDIAN"




#3 "CATCH-22"